From Arthur Miller's hints of McCarthyism in The Crucible, many writers have drawn resonances from 1692 MassachusettsThe Rev John Hale, looking back ruefully on his involvement in the Salem witch trials, wrote: "Such was the darkness of that day … that we walked in the clouds, and could not see our way." The outbreak of paranoia and legal proceeding that began in Salem, Massachusetts, in early 1692 led to the execu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AM on March 21, 2014