Barney the singing-and-dancing TV dinosaur is cheerful and loving. He represents kindness, fun, discovery, safety and other worthy values. Little kids — particularly preschoolers — love him. Then why ...

Barney the dinosaur, a beloved toddler's icon to some and a cultural punching bag to others, has taken on a new role: stepping stone. "Barney & Friends," filmed in a nondescript office building in ...

The story goes back at least as far as 1983 in the following Kaus piece in The New Republic (not on Google): There I was, moping in my beer, because Barney's Beanery (a famous old hangout on Santa ...