KIRO Newsradio Commentaries

A lot of completely normal Americans believe Trump should have gone free, and he probably will because of his popularity.

Which, believe it or not, brings me to the case of Seattle’s own Belltown Hellcat. He’s the guy who goes tearing through Downtown Seattle at night in his unmuffled souped-up Dodge Charger at 107 miles an hour.

Travis Mayfield reacts to the investigation by the Washington Post into "Indian Boarding Schools" that exisited in the United States for over 100 years

In cities throughout the country and here at home, business and public facilities are grappling with how to reimagine public restrooms to be more inclusive.

In today’s Commentary, Angela Poe Russell explores the unintended consequence of some of the recent remodels.

Last week on Seattle's Morning News, Dave Ross learned about a performance at Benroya Hall featuring a Ukrainian Orchestra. He attended the show and reflected on what he saw. 

By all counts, Jacob Knight was a loved and top performing 5th grade teacher.

Parents jockeyed to get their kids into his class. Kids adored him. The district gave him the highest marks on performance reviews.

Then suddenly that changed and within a year Knight was out of a job.

What changed?

I heard Angela’s commentary yesterday about pedestrians and how they tend to think of a crosswalk as having a protective force field because the law says it’s the driver’s responsibility to stop.

Her point? The law may well be on your side, but the law won’t hit the brakes if the driver doesn’t see you. There’s a bigger lesson here though. On the football field of life, the key to staying alive is a good defense.

You ever heard that saying, you can be dead right?

That definitely applies to today’s commentary which Angela Poe Russell has deemed a timely public service announcement.

There's some startling revelations coming from a new poll about artificial intelligence and the presidential election.

It basically says - don't trust anyone.

So who do you trust telling the truth?

 Matt Markovich wondered want the 'most trusted man in America" would think.

Planning on the government saving your kids from social media? You might want to have a plan B.

This week our son called me sus. Its short for suspect and gen alpha slang for shady.

He’s not wrong. I still call things cool or awesome without irony. I often wear ankle socks (which the internet says makes me old). I’ve never downloaded Tik Tok and I still don’t understand what Skibidi Toilet even is.

But here’s the thing…I’m also not upset about it.