Dave Barry

It's time once again for Ask Mister Language Person, the column in which we answer common reader questions that we make up concerning how to use big words irregardless of...

Call me paranoid, but my first reaction, upon learning about the dead sheep being found in treetops in New Zealand, was that something unusual was going on. I found out...

I got to thinking about courtesy the other day when a woman hit me with her car. I want to stress that this was totally my fault. I was crossing...

Once again it's summer vacation time--time to lock up the house, load the kids into the car, fill the tank with gas, then decide which one of the kids you...

I am feeling great, and I will tell you why. It's because of this article I read recently that said . . . um . . . it said ....

Members of the class of 1996, as I stand here before you, gazing out upon your eager young faces watching me so intently, the question that comes to my mind...

Today we present another part of our ongoing series, "Stuff That Guys Do." Our first example of guys doing stuff comes from the University of Washington Daily, which on Feb....

Just when you're starting to lose hope that the younger generation will ever amount to anything; just when you're asking yourself: "Where are the leaders of tomorrow? Where is the...

I guess everybody wants to hear about how I almost got killed by a possibly supernatural being. This happened about a month ago, and I blame Comet Hyakutake. Comet Hyakutake...

A question that more and more Americans are asking, as they become increasingly fed up with crime, is: What, exactly, are the legal rights of accused snakes? Consider the case...