Dave Barry

I have some good news for you "anglers" out there concerning ongoing scientific efforts to make fish stupider. We need stupider fish because fishing is an important industry, one that...

Today's fashion topic for men is: hair in a spray can. No doubt you've seen the commercials on television for hair in a spray can, wherein they treat balding men's...

Wedding season is again upon us, and you brides-to-be are busy as bees, finalizing arrangements for your dress, flowers, catering, clergyperson, shower-curtain-pattern selection, eyebrow-tweezing appointment and the 17 million other...

Summer's almost here, and it's time for you parents to decide about summer camp. "Sounds great!" you're saying. "I'll start packing now!" No, not you. You're not allowed to have...

Today I want to tell you about an Amazing Home Medical Remedy that you are definitely going to want to try if you are one of the thousands of Americans...

In response to numerous requests from the American Association of English Teachers On Drugs, we once again present Ask Mr. Language Person, the column so authoritative that it recently received...

For several months, the nation's top political, legal and medical minds, under the direction of Hillary Rodham Jefferson Clinton, have been working around the clock to develop a long-overdue plan...

Our policy here at the Institute of Things That Might Kill You is not to cause panic. If we suspect some new health menace, such as a link between brain...

Today's aviation topic is: How to fly a helicopter. Although flying a helicopter may seem very difficult, the truth is that if you can drive a car, you can, with...

Tax time is here, and chances are that you, like millions of other Americans, are busily going over your financial records, adding up columns of figures, trying to determine whether...