The Witness has always believed that history begins long before history books.

It begins at bedtime.

Long before children understand politics, they understand stories.

Before they can distinguish ideology from fact, they learn whom to admire and whom to fear.

Before they cast a ballot, they inherit a worldview.

That inheritance rarely arrives as a lecture.

One evening at a time.

When we become adults, we like to imagine that our convictions are entirely our own.

History suggests otherwise.

The Witness has spent a........

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