We like balance, fairness in everything we do. A square deal. Our financial lives are based on the notion of equivalency—getting what we pay for. Equivalence| Americans Who Tell The Truth
Author’s note: I wrote this piece when I was painting John Brown’s portrait back in 2012. It was my attempt to sort out the complex aspects of his character and clarify my attraction to legacy, my admiration for his fierce courage and commitment despite his darker reputation. Once the portrait was completed, I set these […]| Americans Who Tell The Truth
The justification for erasing America’s historic injustices, claiming that knowing them causes kids to feel guilt or shame, is a high priority for our current| Americans Who Tell The Truth
The mythological character, Narcissus, who is mesmerized by his own image mirrored in water, is the origin of the term narcissism, an obsessively| Americans Who Tell The Truth
Trump’s superiority to, and ignorance of, the laws of nature make life itself an endangered species. The planet cries out to be rid of him and his fascist| Americans Who Tell The Truth
Some people use a recording of rain’s soothing white noise to put themselves to sleep. I like to be woken up by the real thing. My house is surrounded by old| Americans Who Tell The Truth
Yesterday afternoon, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., 17 men and women dressed all in black, stood in a line on the street in the little village of Blue Hill, Maine. Each of us held an empty pot, open end toward the road, and a wooden spoon. We were bearing witness to the starvation in Gaza enforced by […]| Americans Who Tell The Truth
Artist Robert Shetterly’s visit to the Oregon Episcopal School in Portland earlier this month was a resounding success. The school hung an exhibit of twenty portraits in their chapel during the month of May 2025 and invited Shetterly to visit for a day. The theme of the exhibit was ecojustice. Shetterly visited classes in all […]| Americans Who Tell The Truth
I call it cruel and maybe the root of all crueltyto know what occurs but not recognize the fact.| Americans Who Tell The Truth
About 200 middle-school and high-school students gathered at Orono (ME) High School May 20, 2025 to celebrate their participation in this year's Samantha| Americans Who Tell The Truth
2025 Martin Luther King Day celebration in Brooksville, Maine with AWTT artist Robert Shetterly.| Americans Who Tell The Truth