Making Sense with Nicholls

Calgary Herald editor Nigel Hannaford makes some interesting points about the "tribalism" of Canadian voters in a recent column....

A couple of days ago, the cutesy- wutesy mascots for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic games were unveiled. The mascots -- Quatchi , Miga and Sum...

Joseph B. Varner, the Chair of National Defence and Foreign Affairs Studies at Canadian Centre for Policy Studies , has an interesting take ...

Got this joke from over at Sobering Thoughts : The following question was asked in a recent poll: "Are there too many immigrants in Can...

Radio station CHML in Hamilton broadcasts "old time radio" shows every night and I must say I love listening to them. Some nights...

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is doing an excellent job of keeping tabs on federal government waste. Today, for instance, the watchdog ...

Rumour has it the federal Liberals will try and force an election in February . The idea is they will want to take on the Conservatives bef...

Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. And traditionally Thanksgiving usually means two things: turkey dinners and the Detroit Lions l...

My friend Rolf Penner recently had an excellent piece in the Financial Post on the erosion of property rights in Manitoba. Check it out.

A United Nations-backed tribunal will soon be holding historic war crimes trials in Cambodia The accused will be the surviving members of th...

Historian Victor Davis Hanson says one of the secrets about the ongoing war in Iraq, is that the good guys are winning. Writing in National ...

Had a wonderful time speaking at Law Society of Alberta's "Media and the Law Seminar" this weekend. It's not often I get a...

Here's an interesting video of Barbara Branden discussing Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged. Part 1 Part 2

I will be a guest on The World Tonight at 8:35 PM Alberta time, to talk about my presenation tomorrow at the Law Society of Alberta conferen...

I asked a Republican political consultant friend of mine -- who happens to be a libertarian -- what he thinks of American presidential wanna...

Happy to report that I am once again contributing regular columns to Report Magazine . In fact, my latest Report piece is now posted over at...

Received a fundraising letter today from the Conservative Party signed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. In this letter, Harper describes th...

Ever notice the way the media covers the ongoing political battles on Parliament Hill? Rarely do journalists ever weigh the pros and cons of...

If you believe the latest poll , the Harper Tories are in a virtual dead heat with the Dion Liberals. For many people, (especially the PMO b...

Congratulations to my friend Peter Gilgan, CEO of Mattamy Homes who was recently named Entrepreneur of the Year .