I have been putting this off and putting it off, and now is the time to stop the procrastination.

CONTINUED FROM last week.

Itotally think my thumbs are getting short shrift.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said, “I believe that healthcare is a right of all people.”

“So how about this?” Dud said, grinning. “We get somebody to pretend to be an oil tycoon’s executive director or something, and we have him talk to Delbert about where to build the refinery.”

Wow, what horrible week. I haven’t been this depressed since my old co-worker married my ex-girlfriend and he started wearing my senior ring.

The Coronavirus is a pandemic that most of us don’t understand, but we are learning. This disease has taken more than 9,000 lives and made more than 220,000 more people sick.

Many of our early pioneers came to these shores for religious freedom, escaping the religious persecution from Europe’s state churches which viewed them as heretics and malcontents, sentencing many to imprisonment and even execution.

Sometimes, my own lack of thinking before speaking astounds me.

When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” his words were meant to reassure us that everything would be all right, and we should not succumb to our fears.

Raise your hand if any of your concerns about the coronavirus were alleviated by anything the current occupant of the White House has said during these pandemic times?

Well, the biggest question of the last few weeks, heck, months has been answered. That’s right, Tom Brady left the Patriots.

Now is the time to pray.

As the scope and threat of the coronavirus pandemic becomes clear, people all over the world hunger for two things: an effective vaccine and truthful information about the disease.

Not long ago, some guy said he didn’t think people were highly evolved. I disagree.

The problem was Mrs. Doc, you see.

There is a lot of hype and hysteria concerning the COVID-19/Wuhan coronavirus.

With apologies to the ’60s rock group Herman’s Hermits, the second verse (of the Super Tuesday Democratic Primary) was the same as the first (March 10).

I thought the car in the front of me at the White Castle was nondescript and a little slow, but I was more than a little unprepared for what happened after it drove away.

This coronavirus stuff is fascinating. Sadly, and quite jadedly, my first direct experience with it was to pad my IRA portfolio with some Apple stock.

Last week, I held a hearing in the Senate Health Committee I chair to provide the American people with accurate information about the coronavirus that they can rely on in their everyday life.

Somewhere around 8 a.m. most every Friday, a passel of grumpy old men gather at a local coffee mill. The usual dialogue generally centers around politics, guns, weather and sports.

Americans need options for healthcare and every American needs healthcare. Too many Americans are walking around hoping they don’t have to go the hospital.

When I talk with citizen groups in Tennessee about open government, people tell me they want more information about what their government is doing, not less.

A distant “relative” got married last month, and we decided to attend.

Conventional wisdom going into the Feb. 29 Democratic South Carolina presidential primary was that Joe Biden had to have a strong showing or he was out of the running.

Dear Dave,

Well, it’s March again — the windy month. And here in Home Country, we have our very own variety that blows in to have coffee with us every now and then: Windy Wilson, of course.

Last week, Gov. Bill Lee announced his intent that Tennessee would soon join the ranks of 16 other U.S. states allowing permitless Constitutional Carry, and said this at a press conference:

I have filed House Bill 2705, which would create an Asian carp advisory commission in Tennessee.

“People are funny.” How many of you are old enough to remember that television show? Better yet, how many are old enough to remember the radio show that was its forerunner?

March is Women’s History Month. Let’s paint the town purple and celebrate!

Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Donald Trump and all the candidates want to please enough of the American people to win.

OK, so I’m writing this on Tuesday morning, which means I have no idea who wins the Democratic Primary in Tennessee.

The Tennessee Firearms Association and Gun Owners of America have organized the very first Gun Owners Day on the Hill, scheduled for March 10.

Dear Dave,

Marjorie Pincus looked out the front window at her husband, Marvin, and smiled.

I am replying to the series of clueless opinion pieces released during this month of February.

Last time, I talked about five life lessons I learned at school. Now, here are five more. What lessons did you learn from school that you’ve shared with your friends and relatives?