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Sen. McCarthy, Shamed in an Alternate Universe

short story published in Edifice Wrecked, Halloween contest, 2006

The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Senator Joseph McCarthy presiding, commenced proceedings at 9:08 a.m. on February 24, 1954. Sen. McCarthy called Arlene Davis, 11-year-old resident of Somerset, New York, to the stand. (excerpt)