Dave Barry

Today we have a heartwarming human-interest story about some guys in Texas who are fulfilling a dream-a dream that all of us have dreamt, but, for one reason or another,...

Mutant constipated worms. It's a topic we all think about a lot, but what do we really know about it? The answer, I am pleased to report, is: More every...

As a parent, as well as a human being, I am deeply concerned about all this violence and sex and nudity on television. Especially the nudity. Why can't they put...

Why don't regular people like classical music? This is the question that was posed to me recently in a letter from Timothy W. Muffitt, the music director of the University...

I wish to discuss a serious threat to our national security now being posed by a foreign brassiere. It's called the Wonderbra. I found out about it via an article...

Today I am announcing the first-ever Amateur Tax Tips Contest, featuring an exciting prize as well as an opportunity for some lucky winners to serve lengthy terms in federal prison....

Here at the Center For Being Alarmed, we have been monitoring the beaver situation for more than two years now, and we feel that the time has come to alert...

People often say to me: "Dave, as a professional columnist, you have a job that requires you to process large quantities of information on a timely basis. Why don't you...

It's time once again for Ask Mister Language Person, the award-winning column by the world's foremost leading word expert, who was recently chosen Official Grammarian of the U.S. Olympic Ski...

Radiation is a doubled-edged sword: It can be our deadly enemy, as when it leaks out of a nuclear reactor and harms innocent people; yet it can also be our...