Dave Barry

So I visited my son at college on Parents Weekend, which is a nice event that colleges hold so that parents will have a chance to feel old. I started...

One recent Tuesday morning I was flipping through the TV channels at a brisk, businesslike, no-nonsense pace, looking for "Rocky and Bullwinkle," when I found myself caught up in a...

I'm wondering if any of you readers out there have noticed any suspicious behavior on the part of frogs. I ask because the ones at my house are definitely up...

You parents out there should be aware that the young people have invented yet another alarming trend. I frankly wonder why we as a society even allow young people, inasmuch...

There is big news in the War on Smoking. The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the cigarette industry, boldly charging that the industry was lying--and KNEW it...

The most powerful force in the universe is not any kind of nuclear energy. It is not magnetism, gravity or the IRS. The most powerful force in the universe is...

NEWS ANNOUNCER: Good evening. Our top story tonight is Tropical Depression Vinny, which is shaping up to be the most deadly potential natural disaster ever to strike this nation since...

As a professional newspaper columnist with both medical AND dental benefits, I receive many letters from people who would like to get into my line of work. "Dear Dave," they...

So I was at this party and I wound up at a table where three attractive single women were complaining about--Surprise!--men. Specifically, they were complaining about the pickup lines that...

Recently it came to my attention that I was one of the eight remaining Americans who had not seen "The Blair Witch Project." In case you're one of the other...