By Rupert Deedes A review of Steve Israel, The Einstein Conspiracy (Compass Rose Publishing, 2025), 376 pp. Steve Israel’s The Einstein Conspiracy is a historical thriller with a serious moral argument at its core. It uses the danger surrounding Albert Einstein in 1939 not just to build suspense, but to explore how authoritarianism spreads, how democratic institutions respond under pressure, and how ordinary moral life can begin to crack under the weight of fear and ideo

By Mark Demetropoulos A 4AM break-in by multiple thieves resulted in over $200,000 in cash and merchandise stolen from a Great Neck business. Multiple masked thieves smashed the windows of HK Auto Group located at 57 Watermill Lane in Great Neck, and then quickly targeted cash and high-end merchandise in a carefully-choreographed robbery. The break-in and robbery occurred just before the July 4th celebrations, at around 3:53 AM on Thursday July 2, 2026. The vandals once ins

By Rupert Deedes NYU Langone Health has unveiled a sweeping multibillion-dollar plan to construct a state-of-the-art academic medical center in Melville on Long Island. Set near the border of Nassau and Suffolk counties, the new facility represents one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in the health system's history and its first ground-up hospital construction in decades. The announced NYU Langone Center is a slap in the face to the Town of Huntington’s con

By Steve Levy How many times have we heard the “blame America first” crowd that America is an evil nation because slavery once existed within our shores? Without question, slavery was a stain on any nation, but it’s not as though it was unique to this country. To the contrary, it was practiced just about everywhere long before it came to the Americas and long after it was abolished here. The far-left, Marxist perspective in America is exemplified by the writings of New York

This week, President Trump launched a new round of aerial bombardments of Iran’s missile and drone sites on the Straits of Hormuz. Despite the “ceasefire” and first round peace agreement in the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Iran constantly violated the agreement by firing missiles and drones at ships crossing the Straits. And Iran kept changing the terms - including my claiming all of the Straits for itself (never mind that Oman and the United Arab Emirates are o

By Nolan Cleary Look up in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane it’s… boredom. "Supergirl" is the second feature length installment in the highly anticipated DC Universe, or rather, the latest attempt at trying to set up a shared world of DC superheroes to rival those of Marvel. The film is directed by Craig Gillespie, known in the past for critically acclaimed efforts such as "I, Tonya," which earned Margo Robbie an Academy Award nomination. Though Gillespie is often notable

By Anthony D'Esposito An ex-federal Inspector General ("IG") has been attacking President Donald Trump’s efforts to root-out government fraud — but his complaints sound more like a bitter kiss-off from a spurned ex-bureaucrat. “The watchdogs have crossed a dangerous line,” Mark Greenblatt intoned in the Daily Beast. “They’ve become lapdogs” — “MAGA lapdogs,” as his headline put it. Greenblatt and his gang are angry that my IG colleagues and I are cracking-down on the fraud

By Leader Staff The proposed '26-'27 school budget for the Locust Valley School District was approved by the district's voters, after being first rejected in last April's vote. The Locust Valley School Board has seen a number of controversies this past year, including the resignation of two School Board presidents, the continued targeting of the Locust Valley School District by the administration of Governor Kathy Hochul (D-Buffalo) to force the sharing of children's bath

By Ishan Shah A once-popular diner in downtown Huntington that served locals for decades has permanently closed, following a protracted legal fight with its landlord and backlash over the owner's public support for Israel. Peter Tsadilas took over the former Golden Dolphin in 2020 and renamed it the Golden Globe, although he never changed the name on the sign. After the October 7, 2023 Hamas terror attack on Israel, Tsadilas placed posters depicting Israeli hostages in the wi

By Thomas Nothel The National Merit Scholarship program announced the names of the north shore area Graduating High School Seniors, who won and were each awarded a $2500 Scholarship as a National Merit Scholarship Finalist: Olivia Gu GREAT NECK SOUTH H. S., GREAT NECK Sophia Li GREAT NECK NORTH H. S., Michael Lyakhov GREAT NECK NORTH H. S., Lana H. Miao GREAT NECK SOUTH H. S. Cynthia Zhang GREAT NECK SOUTH H. S. Kevin Liu JERICHO H. S. Ashka Shah JERICHO H. S.