Making Sense with Nicholls

My son is graduating from high school on Friday. And in order graduate, he not only had to pass his academic courses, he also had to complet...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper did something unusual today: he held a news conference. In fact, his news conference today was the first one h...

There's a new conservative-oriented group out there called the Canadian Centre for Policy Studies which is doing some interesting stuff....

"The system of private property is the most important guaranty of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for t...

This almost looks like a real CBC documentary.

When elections roll around a lot of people like to "crunch the numbers" in an effort to analyze possible voting outcomes. But sinc...

I have a little bit of work ahead of me. The Democracy Institute has commissioned me to write an analysis of conservatism in Canada. More sp...

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty seems so pleased to announce his government has amassed another monster budgetary surplus. He's l...

A friend sent me this interesting article , in which an objectivist tries to define conservatism. It's useful reading for those of us tr...

A couple of postings ago, I came up with a list of ten people who I thought would make a better Liberal leader than Stephane Dion. What see...

I know I have been talking about Tom Flanagan a lot lately. Here and here , for instance. But I guess I am fated to be the ying to Flanagan...

As I noted a couple of postings ago, I will be debating Thomas Flanagan at a Fraser Institute event in a few weeks on whether or not the Con...

You know what has to be the easiest task ever? Coming up with a list of people who would make a better leader than Stephane Dion. In fact, I...

I am going to be a guest panelist on the John Oakley Show , Friday morning starting at approximately 9:00 AM EST.

Some pundits are suggesting Prime Minister Harper, buoyed with his recent political success in Quebec's by-election, will be tempted to ...

Just when I was enjoying the Liberal Party's embarrassing showing in Quebec, Paul Tuns AKA "Captain Bring Down", pours cold wa...

My friend Rondi Adamson has good piece in the Brussels Journal on the burqa controversy.

As readers of this blog know, I am one of the "Top 5 Political Minds in Canada". Well, now some people are nominating me for anoth...

Here's a picture of Stephane Dion after tonight's by-election.

Get ready for the ultimate showdown! Get ready for the brawl to end it all! On October 23, 2007, I will be debating political science profe...