Bertram de Souza

Please note, our last day of publication was Saturday, August 31, 2019.

Opinion | Our Voice | Columns Todd Franko Bertram de Souza David Skolnick Ernie Brown | Letters


Valley gets taste of things to come

Opinion: Last week's dedication of the new Federal Building and United States Courthouse showed just how


2002: The year of picking pockets

Opinion: By any measure, the top political story of 2002 in the Mahoning Valley was James A. Traficant Jr.'s


Dear Santa, Tim Ryan needs you

Opinion: As Congressman-elect Tim Ryan prepares to celebrate Christmas Wednesday, comfortable in the


Today Traficant, tomorrow the 'mob'

Opinion: The vengeance with which federal prosecutors are going after the $150,000 fine that former


Traficant feeling the wrath of the feds

Opinion: The vengeance with which federal prosecutors are going after the $150,000 fine that former


Has reality dawned at YSU?

Opinion: Let's see now (yes, it's the start of a grouchy column), the president of Youngstown State


When is perjury not a bad thing?

Opinion: It was a screaming headline if ever there was one: "FBI conducts perjury probe." The headline