Former Gov. Buddy Roemer of Louisiana shows no signs of heading to the political sidelines despite pulling out of the presidential race in May.

Roemer first set his eyes on the Republican nomination but, after being left out of the debates, he went third party as he attempted to snag the nomination with Americans Elect and the Reform Party. With Americans Elect opting not to run a presidential candidate in 2012, Roemer ended his presidential bid.

In a state with leadership strongly opposed to expanding gambling, people are playing Floridas games of chance at a record clip.

The Florida lottery, which last fall inked a deal to make the Sunshine State the first state to offer lottery tickets in Wal-Mart stores, announced this week that sales for the recently completed fiscal year were a one-year record of $4.45 billion.

One of the basic tenets of American conservatism is that there are more important aspects to life than politics and government.

The nonpartisan movement to keep the Internet free and unfettered gained striking momentum this week, as an Internet-rights petition called the Declaration of Internet Freedom gathered more than 20,000 signatures on Monday, its first day.

Those backing the drive include Mozilla, the American Civil Liberties Union, Reporters Without Borders and university professors from Harvards Berkman Center for Internet and Society and Stanford Law Schools Center for Internet and Society.

That's more or less what happened last Sunday in Mexico, at least as far as most American journalists (including me) are concerned.

Continuing a national media blitz Tuesday against last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act, Gov. Rick Scott fielded some penetrating questions from radio hosts about statements he's made since the high court ruled.

Those included queries based on a PolitiFact review the fact-checking website by the Tampa Bay Times which awarded Scott a "pants on fire" and two "falses" for remarks he's made since the ruling.

A flurry oflawsuits is expected as the new aspects of Floridas personal injury protection auto insurance reform take hold.

Measures designed to eliminate the rampant fraud that has used the system as a financial syphon will be challenged, most likely over the provision that drops coverage from $10,000 to $2,500 based upon the definition of emergency medical condition.

U.S. Rep. John Mica, the Florida Republican who chairs the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, scored points in Washington last week -- a clear victor in the massively approved package that extends federal highway dollars through 2014.

The bill also keeps federal college-loan interest rates from doubling and the National Flood Insurance Program alive for another five years.