Mike Farrell

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American actor, producer and activist Mike Farrell is still best known for playing the role of Captain B.J. Hunnicutt in the classic T.V. series “M.A.S.H..” He served as the co-chair of the California Human...

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America’s Sexual Politics Are Rapidly Regressing Before Our Very Eyes

Mike Farrell / Truthdig Oct 12, 2018 When historical abuses are not addressed and resolved, they take new forms. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Plea to the Media: Don’t Move On From the Immigration Crisis

Mike Farrell / Truthdig Jul 9, 2018 Nothing Donald Trump does should distract journalists from staying focused on the plight of families the U.S. has separated for the crime of being poor and nonwhite. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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California’s Proposition 62 Can End the Suffering Caused by—and the Expense of—the Death Penalty

Mike Farrell / Truthdig Oct 20, 2016 The state's 38-year failed attempt to make capital punishment constitutional has resulted in more than 1,000 death verdicts and 13 executions—at a total cost of $5 billion. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Stands Nuremberg on Its Head

Mike Farrell / Truthdig Oct 6, 2016 President Obama’s decision to spare CIA torturers from prosecution is wrong. "Good Germans who were only following orders" are not exempt from the bar of justice. Individuals must be held responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Extremely Unctuous

Mike Farrell / Truthdig Jul 12, 2011 To listen to the bloviators, “religious extremist” means Muslim, and too many Americans buy in without understanding that this “God is (only) on our side” nonsense infects elements in pretty much every belief system. A mandate from God that the adherents of this particular One True Faith should take over our nation’s institutions? Yup. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

SAG Strikes Out

Mike Farrell / Truthdig Dec 22, 2008 The Hollywood-centric “Membership First” faction that has controlled the Screen Actors Guild’s national board for most of the last five years chooses tactics -- misinformation, tough talk and over-promising -- that undermine the union’s credibility. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Ugly America

Mike Farrell / Truthdig Oct 29, 2008 “You really do hate America!” This was the parting shot from a man I had just debated on a television show shortly before the invasion of Iraq. Because he’s a notorious right-wing blowhard, I laughed it off as the raving of a crackpot in extremis. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A ‘Dignified End’

Mike Farrell / Truthdig Jun 27, 2007 California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's stance on the death penalty issue raises some serious questions, according to actor, author and activist Mike Farrell, who poses several of his own in this fiery piece. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )