Dave Barry

People often ask me: "Dave, what's the biggest advantage of working at home, other than that you don't have to get dressed until 4:30 p.m., when the pizza-delivery person arrives...

Recently I was in a restaurant-bar called Taurus, in Coconut Grove, which is one of the more bizarre sections of Miami, which is definitely saying something, and I noticed that...

We are approaching the Thanksgiving holiday, when we pause to reflect on our blessings by eating pretty much nonstop for an entire day, then staggering off to bed, still chewing,...

I am pleased to report that we finally have a scientific explanation for why everybody in the world is gaining weight. At least I am, and I know it's not...

It was Saturday night in the beer tent, which is where everybody goes after the day's festivities at the annual Broom Corn Festival in Arcola, Ill. A few of us...

Well, OK, technically he's 15. But from the perspective of the aging parent, there is no major difference between 4 and 15, except that when your child is 4, his...

As part of our continuing effort to keep you, the voting public, alarmed, today we present a Special Report entitled "Frogs Making News." Our lead frog hails from West Virginia,...

When my friend Ridley Pearson invited me back to Idaho, I said to myself: He is not getting me up another tree. I was still combing sap out of my...

As a ranking national opinion-maker (currently in 1,539th place, between Tony Danza and Lamar Alexander), I would like to do my part for President Clinton's campaign to get teenagers to...

Once again we are forced to ask ourselves, as a society, whether nature should be legal. Consider a story from the June 22 Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader, written by Paul...