Steve Corbett, 60, lived most of his life in and around Central Pennsylvania, graduating from a rural Perry County high school in 1969. He graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in 1974 with a B.S. in Community Development. After working a variety of jobs - bouncer, construction laborer, bill collector, prison counselor and boxing instructor, he broke into the newspaper business full-time as a reporter with the Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre in 1985, where he won dozens of state journalism awards as a columnist as well as a national journalism award for service to the First Amendment. After moving to Santa Maria, California to take a columnist job with Pulitzer, he also covered the Michael Jackson child molestation trial for Sky news in Europe. Corbett won journalism awards in California and Nevada and moved to Scranton in 2006, where he lives with his wife, Stephanie.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Probably no better quote exhibits the lamebrain attitude embraced by too many Northeastern Pennsylvania elected officials than the comment Scranton School Board President Bob Lesh made Tuesday.
Speaking of accepting...
Monday, February 20, 2012
Presidents' Day usually passes for most Americans as a day off if they're lucky or maybe a visit to a local store for a mattress sale. Mostly, President's Day matters little to most Americans.
For me, the presidency...
Friday, February 17, 2012
Just what Mexico needs - Luzerne County Judge \"El Dopo\" Dave Lupas authorizing a Cabo resort vacation for Linda Kastner, 40, an admitted drug felon who still has 18 months to serve in the so-called \"intermediate punishment...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Yes, Ireland is as green as the travelers say. And, yes, something very special about that small island nation keeps luring people from all over the world to the wondrous enchantment of this land of saints and...
Monday, February 13, 2012
Twin babies in a cage, born alive the warden says, before Luzerne County prison officials transported them to the hospital where one died and the other lifted off in a life flight chopper headed to emergency critical...
Friday, February 10, 2012
When Raphael \"Ray\" Musto left the state Senate after decades of legislative service – including a short stint as a member of Congress – faithful supporters warbled his praises and commended his...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Follow the money.
Tried, true and trite, the investigative mantra that unravels white collar corporate crime also works for political handicapping.
So bet the farm on Mitt Romney.
The Republican money man is pure...
Monday, February 06, 2012
Of all the people I wanted to meet in hard coal country when I moved to Wilkes-Barre in 1985, reputed Mafia kingpin Russell Bufalino topped the list.
I wanted to be respectful, of course, so I talked with a connected guy I...
Friday, February 03, 2012
Is hard coal country political corruption getting worse instead of better?
Maybe.
Because when you weigh illegal political corruption against the day-to-day unethical political business as usual, you realize that the...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
After one last look, I turned and fixed his face in my mind forever – or at least for as long as it takes to forget.
Bob Cordaro stood stunned and transfixed by the prospect of being shackled at the ankles and...
