By Nolan Cleary In Christoper Nolan’s latest adaption of The Odyssey, there is a scene where the character Calypso, played by Charlize Theron, uses her Island to distort time, allowing the film’s protagonist, Odysseus to stay without realizing he has been trapped there for years. This moment serves as the perfect analogy for the strengths and weaknesses of the latest film adaption of Homer’s classic. The plot of the 2026 adaption of The Odyssey doesn’t stray too far from its

By Leader Staff Huntington Supervisor Ed Smyth (R-Halesite) has declared it to be "fiscal suicide" unless the town increases 2027 taxes - by piercing the state's 2% municipal tax cap. Smyth sprung this "crisis" on the town board in August, just two months after his Comptroller declared the town's finances in good order. Smyth now claims that town departmental budgets will have to be cut by 16% - unless taxes are raised far above the 2% tax increase allowed by the state

By Leader Staff New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D-Buffalo) - following the political lead of her NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) - has now made it "illegal" for local officials in New York to detain or turn-over violent criminal aliens to ICE. And Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has blasted Hochul for unleashing a public safety nightmare - empowering violent criminals while threatening and handcuffing law enforcement. "This law is completely misguided and will make

By Steve Levy Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just signed into law a bill that requires high school students to be taught about the evils of communism as practiced in China, Cuba, Venezuela, and the former Soviet Union. This is a long-overdue reform, taken to counter the infiltration of anti-American critical race theory that has been placed in our classrooms over the last decade by a woke Marxist element that has gained tremendous influence on our school boards. This anti-Am