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Cotton Mather, son of Harvard President Increase Mather (1685-1701), was "personally responsible" for the hanging of an alleged witch, Mitchell says.
If the accused could recite the entire prayer without the "devil inside" causing a mistake, he or she was considered innocent. But Mitchell says Cotton Mather convinced the people to hang the "witch" even after he passed the test.
Harvard itself has another connection with the witch trials. Faculty at Harvard College, then a school of divinity, were sometimes called upon to serve as judges for witch trials in the surrounding area, Mitchell says.
Mitchell says that the history of witchcraft has also proven to be an attractive topic for the students interested in women's studies.
In the 37 days between the time Justice Harry Blackmun announced his retirement and the Breyer choice last Friday, Clinton appears to have decided, and then changed his mind, over and over again. Each time, he or his top aides leaked his apparent preference with greater and greater certainty, only...