A. Torkzadeh
Editorial Page Editor
The Signal

A frisky animated condom skitters across the room to an amorous couple under the sheets; then we hear a plea to use condoms. In this television ad, we don't know who the couple is, their race, or even their gender.

A. Torkzadeh
Editorial Page Editor
The Signal

When a topic is covered to dealth, journalists sometimes license themselves to snatch the fringes. The story can then become impotent, eventually absurd. Race relations, celebrity gossip, and Whitewater have been subjects of such indulgence.

A. Torkzadeh
Editorial Page Editor
The Signal

Louis Farrakhan is a reporter's best friend and pain in the neck. He speaks in sound bites but listen to him all day and you still can't pin him to a single theme.

A. Torkzadeh
Editorial Page Editor
The Signal

When Asian-American activist William Kochiyama died in October his survivors said he went in peace because he had accomplished his lifetime goal: the U.S. Congress paying reparations to Japanese-Americans for wartime imprisonment.