Dave Barry

For those of you planning to travel by air, here are some amazing statistics about the U.S. airline industry (motto: "We're Hoping to Have a Motto Announcement in About an...

This year, why not hold an old-fashioned 4th of July picnic? Food poisoning is one good reason. After a few hours in the sun, ordinary potato salad can develop bacteria...

I finally finished the script for the sequel to the movie "Titanic." I am calling it--and let the legal record show that I thought of this first--"Titanic II: The Sequel."...

Every now and then, somebody thinks up a new idea that is so totally revolutionary that it just totally revolutionizes everything. For example, in 1905, Albert Einstein stunned the scientific...

I think I might know where the missile launcher is. I'm referring here to the $1 million missile launcher that our armed forces have apparently misplaced, according to the recent...

Recently it was my great honor to serve as a judge in the Key West Kritter Patrol Dog Show, which is considered one of the most prestigious dog shows held...

Of all the human senses--including sight, hearing, touch, taste and the feeling that a huge man with a barbecue fork is lurking in the closet--perhaps the least appreciated, yet most...

As a nature lover, I enjoy seeing animals in their native wilderness habitat, provided that it is within 20 yards of plumbing and fast food. So recently I journeyed into...

Pay attention, because I am going to explain our foreign policy. At the current time (11:21 a.m.) our biggest foreign-policy problem is Saddam Hussein, the evil and amoral dictator of...

As an American, I am feeling pretty darned proud of my country (America). I will tell you why: my new toilet. I wound up with this toilet as a result...