Chestnut Heights Publishing

In an essay published in The Post-Standard and on Syracuse.com, author Fred Fiske examines how the story of supermarket owner and anti-communist crusader Laurence Johnson — told in Fred’s new book from Chestnut Heights Publishing — offers a “cautionary tale” still relevant amid the polarized politics of modern America. https://www.syracuse.com/opinion/2024/07/the-syracuse-grocer-who-sold-mccarthyism-a-cautionary-tale-for-our-times-guest-opinion-by-fred-m-fiske.html

The Syracuse grocer who sold McCarthyism: a cautionary tale for our times (Guest Opinion by Fred M. Fiske) Laurence Johnson shook democratic values in his effort to limit speech and impose anti-communist orthodoxy in broadcasting, writes retired Syracuse journalist in a new book.