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Bennet says Colorado farmers, ranchers expect Trump to improve trade deals, not junk them
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As President Donald Trump departed on Friday for Asia, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Colorado’s agricultural community is relying on the president to keep his campaign promises and negotiate better trade agreements rather than scrap deals he’s called “horrible” and “so bad” for the United States. Noting that Colorado farmers export the vast majority of…
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YESTERYEAR: World leaders descend on Denver for G-7; health care forum exposes tragedies
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Twenty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman: Little old Colorado was plunged into the deep end of international politics when Denver hosted eight world leaders from the Group of Seven. Denver rolled out the carpet for national leaders from the USA, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Russia and the United Kingdom, and on the…
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North Korean missile launch may be testing rivals, not technology
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North Korea’s latest missile test Monday may have less to do with perfecting its weapons technology than with showing U.S. and South Korean forces in the region that it can strike them at will. South Korean and Japanese officials said the suspected Scud-type short-range missile flew about 450 kilometers (280 miles) on Monday morning before…
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May: Trump’s pivot to North Korea
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It’s high time the United States deals with the most imminent nuclear threat America can do anything but America can’t do everything, at least not within a four-year time frame. That suggests that the American president – any American president – needs to prioritize. In 2011, President Obama decided that the Muslim world should no…
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Noonan: US results flat on international PISA tests while Singapore brings home the gold
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The tower in Pisa leans over in a predictable manner due to a 3-meter foundation set in weak, unstable subsoil, according to authorities. The PISA tests, aka the Program for International Student Assessment, also produce predictable results across 72 countries with 500,000 tested students representing 28 million 15-year-olds. PISA is not an achievement test. It…
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Coram: The TPP would mean benefits to energy, agriculture in CO
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Throughout this election year, there has been a lot of misinformation disseminated about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and its impact on the economy here in the United States. While some have claimed – erroneously – that it will ship jobs overseas and allow foreign companies to gain a competitive advantage, the fact is that it will bring…
