Published in the Delaware County Daily Times Delaware County’s Daily Newspaper            December 30, 2019 By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist When I was graduated from La Salle College (not then a university), I was filled with idealism. I wanted to change the world by being the best teacher I could be. But no school district wanted […]

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Published in the Delaware County Daily Times Delaware County’s Daily Newspaper                       Sunday, December 15, 2019  By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist  Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods? Where’s the street wise Hercules to fight the rising odds? Isn’t there a white knight upon a fiery steed? Late at night […]

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Published in the Delaware County Daily Times                Sunday, December 8, 2019 By Joseph Batory The National Rifle Association (NRA) promotes its self- image as “patriotic and principled” and standing up for the rights of “the common man.” But the NRA is more accurately “a money machine” which has […]

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“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”   — Plutarch, Greek historian Published in the Delaware County Daily Times                 Saturday, November 30, 2019 About Presidential Wizards, Magic Economic Wands, and People In Need! By Joseph Batory USA presidents […]

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Delaware County’s Daily Newspaper                        The Delaware County Daily Times                           Monday, November 11, 2019 By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist Decades ago, Marshall McLuhan, the Canadian communications theorist and educator, coined the phrase, […]

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Published in the Center City Concerned Citizens Review     November 2019                                         Philadelphia, PA By Joseph Batory In 1975, the Congress of the United States passed sweeping legislation that guaranteed full access to the benefits of the public education system for all students with disabilities. This 44-year-old federal law (now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education […]

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Published in the Delaware County Daily Times             Thursday, October 17, 2019 Environment Protection Regulations Under Attack! By Joseph Batory The Washington swamp is slimier than ever. In the past two years, the federal government has been restocked with more than 164 former lobbyists who now have influential governmental positions. […]

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Published in the Delaware County Daily Times                    Tuesday, October 8, 2019 By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist He is  little known in history. But he is a remarkable Polish hero from WW II. Tragically, much of Jan Karski’s daring bravery and attempts to stop the Holocaust were […]

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Published in the Delaware County Daily Times         Wednesday, October 2, 2019 By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist As an educator who in the past has encouraged and supported the idealism and convictions and dreams of many thousands of young people, I find it incredible that the President of the United States and […]

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Reprinted from the Delaware County Daily Times              Friday, September 27, 2019 By Joseph Batory, Times Columnist On August 19 (2019), a shocking statement of new directions for the corporate world shook the foundations of American business. The USA Business Roundtable released a position paper from many of the most […]

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