Published in the Delaware County Daily Times Monday, October 5, 2020 \ By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist Most people are not aware of what Rotary is or what it has been doing. So here is a bit of information: There are 1.2 million Rotary members in 34,000 Rotary Clubs in 200 countries.  In addition, there […]

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Published in the Delaware County Daily Times        Saturday, September 5, 2020 By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist With the 2020 Presidential Election rapidly approaching, Americans need to steer away from personality worship, party loyalty, superficial sound bites, and meaningless slogans.  There are serious issues confronting America and voters need to demand that the new president focus […]

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  Published in the Delaware County Daily Times             Saturday, August 24, 2019 By Joseph Batory, Time Columnist It is all too common these days to criticize anyone who points out the tremendous economic inequality that pervades society here in the USA. Looking in this mirror is uncomfortable to say the least. That’s because in […]

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By Joseph Batory As the superintendent of schools in the Upper Darby School District, the largest school system in Delaware County located just west of Philadelphia for 15 years, I had oversight over 12 schools, more than 12,000 students, 1000 staff members, and an annual budget approaching $100 million. As a result, I have tremendous empathy […]

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Reprinted from The Delaware County Daily Times January 23, 2020 I have been a member of Rotary for more than 30 years, initially in the Upper Darby Club and more recently in the Rotary Club of Philadelphia.  And after all these years, far too many people, including some of my friends, still cannot understand why […]

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Published in the Delaware County Daily Times Sunday, July 19, 2020 By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist “I often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalize…..so seldom if ever true, and usually utterly inaccurate.”      — Agatha Christie I first met a Ukrainian heritage neighbor who lived near me in Philadelphia about a decade ago. […]

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I was very honored on May 28, 2020 to present my personally funded scholarship at Upper Darby High School’s Senior Awards Night. The UDHS Class of 2020 recipient of the Joseph P. Batory scholarship is Aisha Omer, an academic achiever and outstanding member of Upper Darby High’s Class of 2020. Aisha is the 38th Upper […]

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The Joseph P. Batory Scholarship has been awarded to Upper Darby High School graduates each year since 1988 1988: Autumn Carroll 1989: Phan Ong 1990: N.A. 1991: Dan Cherry, Joanne Begley (Tech) 1992: Jerome Cartmell, Kimberly Kehoe (Tech) 1993: Anthanasios Arsenlis 1994: Sophie Arsenlis 1995: William Ko, June Kalback (Tech) 1996: Rachel Shah 1997: Sandy […]

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Published in the Delaware County Daily Times May 6, 2020 By JOSEPH P. BATORY Too many Americans are relying for news these days on outrageous social media tweets and biased “television and radio talking heads” who repeatedly convey the messages of the politically powerful. And, much of this “planted information” is full of inaccuracies, fabrications […]

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By Joseph Batory. Published in the Delaware County Daily Times, April 25, 2020 US News and World Report has just issued its annual list of the best high schools in the USA.  Not surprisingly, high schools across America which either serve students from the upper classes and those which have academic entrance requirements filled out […]

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