Making Sense with Nicholls

My son is running for his high school student council. So based on what's going on in federal politics, I have offered him this sage adv...

The good folks at the Work Research Foundation invited me to attend a lecture last night, and since I never say no to a freebie I went. Th...

Check out a column I wrote for the Toronto Sun where, in the name of political journalism, I take a long look at Julie Couillard's c...

Sorry to see that Maxime Bernier's cabinet career has flamed out. Back in the days when he was Industry Minister, I thought he was one o...

Former Republican senator Fred Thompson has an interesting op ed in the Wall Street Journal offering advice to American conservatives. Fir...

It seems Ian Brodie is out as Prime Minister Harper's Chief of Staff and Guy Giorno is in. Hallelujah! Let's face it, Brodie -- an a...

OK was on Politics today to talk about the possibility of Premier Ed Stelmach imposing an election gag law. You can watch it here . You will...

On Friday I posted that I was going to appear on the CBC Newsworld program Politics to talk about election gag laws. Unfortunately, I got b...

It looks like the Republican Party in the United States is heading for disaster this fall. And American historian Victor Davis Hanson says U...

I am tentatively scheduled to be on the Newsworld program Politics this afternoon at approx. 5:15 EST to talk about the possibility of Alber...

Here's a couple of media bits I did recently. First, from the World Tonight with Rob Breakenridge , is a debate between myself and Duff ...

I will be a guest on the Al and Mike Show tonight at 8:00 PM.

I recently got called for jury duty. Like any other civic-minded, patriotic Canadian my first thought was: "How do I get out of this?...

For anyone who has ever played Minesweeper.

I will be debating Duff Conacher of Democracy Watch tonight on The World Tonight with Rob Breakenridge at 10:00 PM EST. Topic: Gag laws. Co...

I will be on the radio program Calgary Today with Mike Blanchard , (CHQR) this afternoon at 5:00 PM EST to discuss my Herald column on why A...

I have a column in today's Calgary Herald mourning the fact that Premier Ed Stelmach may soon impose an election gag law on Alberta. W...

Anyone who thinks the Conservative Party isn't abandoning its principles please check out this posting on Ezra Levant's blog. It tu...

Liberal leader Stephane Dion is accusing Prime Minister Harper of harboring a secret libertarian agenda: "He wants to dismantle the m...

Here's a little contraption my son made for a school science project. It's a mousetrap propelled car. And it really works! This g...