By Joseph Batory The most recent rulings by the United States Supreme Court sadly reflect an ideological majority of justices parroting right wing politics and vested and corporate interests.  This Supreme Court majority  has become little more than six obedient lemmings driving  the court off the rails. To begin, the misguided seditionists and their anointed […]

 In the mid 1980’s Joseph Batory became the Superintendent of Schools for the very large and diverse school system in Upper Darby, PA. Because he remembered all too well his days of growing up poor in Philadelphia, he decided to make “a bit of positive difference” each year for a worthy graduate of Upper Darby […]

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” (From The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus … also known as the Statue of Liberty poem Political venom against immigrants […]

By Joseph Batory So, there they stand, millions of true  believers.  They are a faithful cult, the  immutable followers of a vision to Make America Great Again (MAGA). But what are those MAGA beliefs? To begin, MAGAites no longer have any need to read…or think… or analyze. Biased right-wing television stations and constant social media […]

 The Philadelphia Inquirer “Letter to the Editor”   Published on December 13,  2023 By Joseph Batory The recent Congressional inquisition of university leaders was yet another cleverly calculated episode of  political posturing and manipulation. It would have been much more appropriate for these elected representatives to hold a hearing on the massive dysfunction and ideologically driven partisanship […]

 Published in the Center City Concerned Citizens Review Philadelphia PA November, 2023 By Joseph Batory A disturbing recent presentation on the PBS News Hour by two respected political commentators recently emphasized that the upcoming presidential election will likely be decided by whoever has the most money via campaign contributions. Sadly, in that televised dialogue, these […]

 Published in The Philadelphia Inquirer By Joseph P. Batory      September17, 2023 We are now living in an Orwellian era in which truth is fiction,  observed reality is fantasy, documented news reports are fake, and scientific evidence is to be ignored. Thank heavens for Trudy Rubin’s columns in the Philadelphia Inquirer, especially the one on September […]

 In the mid 1980’s, as a relatively new superintendent of schools in the Upper Darby School District who remembered all too well his days of growing up poor in Philadelphia, Joseph Batory decided to make “a bit of positive difference” each year for a worthy graduate of Upper Darby High School. And so, he initiated his […]