Published in the Delaware County Daily Times   September 13, 2019 By Joseph Batory It will live in infamy as an atrocity of the Soviet State in WW II. The Katyn massacre was the mass murder of more than 25,000 Polish military officers and other Polish citizens carried out by the Soviet Union, specifically the […]

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Opinion  The Philadelphia Inquirer Made in America is ‘an ongoing atrocity’ for neighborhood residents By Joseph Batory  Sunday                                                 September 1, 2019 Most people who live in the Art Museum area purchased homes and condos there to be in an area of world-class museums and the green environment that surrounds them. Unfortunately, in recent years, the […]

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Published in the Delaware County Daily Times                  August 24, 2019 By Joseph Batory                       It is all too common these days to criticize anyone who points out the tremendous economic inequality that pervades society here in the […]

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Published by the Delaware County Daily Times                                          July 28, 2019 By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist Many historians overgeneralize the 1960’s as a time of drugs and moral decadence for that generation.  For some, that was […]

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Published by the Delaware County Daily Times    July 25, 2019 By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist This organization has received Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certification. This award recognizes high-performing facilities/buildings using green energy and related efficiencies, decreased utility costs, exemplary recycling and composting, and other measures to protect the environment and […]

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Published in the Delaware County Daily Times                                        July 22, 2019 Xenophobia is the fear or hatred of anything foreign or different. Xenophobia involves perceptions of insiders toward newcomers and can manifest itself in suspicion and superficial […]

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Published in the Delaware County Daily Times             July 2, 2019 By Joseph Batory, Times Correspondent With so much interest in ancestry these days, it is always interesting to find a person from the past with your same name. This happened to me recently, and my discovery was chilling. One […]

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  Published in the Center City Concerned Citizens Review   June 2019     Philadelphia PA By Joseph Batory It just may be the Number One challenge endangering future generations here in the USA and worldwide. The latest report from the United Nations offers a mind-boggling portrait of one million plant and animal species now on […]

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Published in the Delaware County Daily Times   Delaware County’s Daily Newspaper        June 10, 2019 By Joseph Batory, Daily Times Guest Columnist In each of the past 31 years, a deserving graduate of Upper Darby High School has received some scholarship assistance toward higher education from me. This newest (2019) Joseph Batory Scholarship awardee is […]

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  Published in the Delaware County Daily Times  Delaware County’s Daily Newspaper                   May 30, 2019 By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist (As someone who had a 25 year career in educational leadership, I observed hundreds of teachers interacting with students in their classrooms. So…I have often been asked about what makes a great teacher. Below is […]

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