Dave Barry

Just when you think that this great nation we call ''America'' is losing its competitive edge, something happens to remind you that, when all is said and done, we are...

I hate to bring this up, but a lot of you members of the public have a bad attitude. Consider the following true story, which was told to me recently...

IT`S GETTING LATE ON A SCHOOL night, but I`m not letting my son go to bed yet, because there`s serious work to be done. ''Robert!'' I`m saying, in a firm...

Our elected leaders are working on the federal budget again. As you recall, the last time they did this, we had a Big Budget Crisis that resulted in-prepare for a...

SPRING IS HERE, AND AS AN EDUcated, environmentally sensitive nutrition fanatic, you should definitely think about organically growing your own fruits and vegetables. What do we mean when we say...

SEVERAL ALERT READERS HAVE sent me an alarming report from the Associated Press wire service. Normally I disregard reports from the Associated Press, because I used to work there, which...

TODAY`S ETIQUETTE TOPIC IS: How to Tip. To get ''first-class'' service, you have to know how to tip. Look at Prince Charles. Everywhere he goes, he gets the ''red-carpet treatment,''...

YOU`LL BE PLEASED TO LEARN that I have thought up yet another way to revive our nation`s sagging economy by making myself rich. To understand my concept, you need to...

IN VIEW OF THE MANY DISTURBING events on the international scene, I recently decided that it was my duty, as a journalist, to visit Cleveland. My objective was to find...

TAX-RETURN TIME IS COMING, and I have good news and bad news: -The bad news is, tax-return time is coming. -The good news is, I figured out how to get...