I originally sat down to write about the debate over the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, but soon found something seriously wrong with the controversy underlying the issue.

A recent article by the BBC has brought attention to the abnormally high level of birth defects around Fallujah, Iraq.

For the past two weeks, I was absolutely addicted to the Winter Olympics.

Spirit, one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's rovers tasked with exploring Mars, is about to die and its life is worth celebrating.

Earlier this month, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, near the capital city of Port-au-Prince. The devastation was immediate and immense, and the international community acted swiftly to respond.

Late last month, the International Atomic Energy Agency, a United Nations organization tasked with monitoring international compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, demanded that Iran stop construction of a uranium enrichment site, which became known to the public only recently.

Twenty years ago to the week, residents of Soviet-dominated East Berlin were allowed free entry into Allied-occupied West Berlin, as the Wall that was synonymous with the Iron Curtain began to be chipped away, piece by piece.

Afghanistan's presidential election process has been irrevocably compromised.

"Check out CNN; a boy is floating around in a giant bubble," read my cell phone display last Thursday afternoon.

To see the progress made this week at the United Nations, one has to wade through a great deal of muck in the form of international political theater.

This past March, I wrote a column criticizing the Obama administration for its continued use of Predator attack drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan despite civilian casualties.

For a nation currently undergoing a massive and ever-deepening financial crisis, a potential failure of Detroit, and now the threat of a possible influenza pandemic, the revelation of legal documents that explain that the United States has tortured detainees is a rough bite to swallow.

During his campaign, Barack Obama made a promise - to open open up channels with Cuba - that must have flown under the radar of Americans who were neither hanging their hat in Florida nor part of the Cuban-American population.

Despite their questionable legality in international law and the public opinion backlash they create in the Islamic world, drone attacks have been viewed by the new U.S. administration as extremely effective.

Amazon.com's second-generation e-book reader, the Kindle 2, released early last month, is making headlines around the technology industry and the economics blogosphere.

While perusing my favorite news Web sites during class last week, I came upon an article explaining that President Barack Obama is facing a decision on whether or not to upgrade his helicopter fleet.

I've got something to admit - I'm a blogaholic.

Sunday morning, former Secretary of State Colin Powell announced his support for Sen. Obama's candidacy and the announcement has received its due coverage since, but I'd like to discuss a very specific part of his "Meet the Press" interview.