Making Sense with Nicholls

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Frum, conservatives and free speech

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I consider David Frum a friend, so I was saddened by the news that his relationship with the American Enterprise Institute had been abruptl...
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

The Final straw

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Anybody out there still believe Prime Minister Stephen Harper is actually a conservative? If so, check out this news report. It says the Pri...
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Friday, March 19, 2010

Flatten that tax

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I don't like taxes of any sort, but if we can't slash them the next best thing to do is flatten them. That's my clever way of in...
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Saturday, March 13, 2010

NCC Creates Worst Video of all time

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Sometimes I am critical of my old friends at the National Citizens Coalition, mainly because since I left the group it has done nothing but ...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Loyal to the Core among Best Books of 2009

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This just in ... OK it may have been in for a while, but I just found about it. The Hill Times has listed my book, Loyal to the Core, as one...
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Saturday, March 06, 2010

The problem with the NCC

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Watching my old employer the National Citizens Coalition from afar I have reached two conclusions. First, they try too hard to curry favour ...
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Friday, February 26, 2010

In Praise of Maxime

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I usually find it hard to praise politicians but in former Conservative Cabinet Minister Maxime Bernier's case I will make an exception....
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Sunday, February 14, 2010

American Political History

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History from New Hampshire. This building in Exeter is the site where the Republican Party was founded in 1853. Here's me in the Exeter ...
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Sunday, February 07, 2010

Visiting the Bush estate

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Did a little sight-seeing in Maine recently and paid a visit to the Bush family's Kennebunkport retreat. Unfortunately, no one was home...
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Friday, January 29, 2010

NCC Endorses Unelected Senate

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Once upon a time the National Citizens Coalition stood for Senate reform. Those were the days when it was an independent truly conservative ...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Americana

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Things I have had a hard time adjusting to in the United States: * Round-abouts. * Paying for gasoline before you put it in your car. * Gett...
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Thursday, January 07, 2010

Political GPS

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I just bought one of those GPS car navigation systems to keep me from getting lost as I travel through the wilds of America. (I often get lo...
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Wednesday, January 06, 2010

I'm off to America!

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Canada’s conservative movement will somehow have to get along without me for the next little while. That’s because I have just signed a deal...
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Facebook Fury

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It seems "grassroots" Canadians are in a fury over Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to prorogue Parliament. Or so says...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Looking back at 2009

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The year is drawing to a close And except for the wars, the world-wide economic recession and the never-ending Tiger Woods saga, 2009 was pr...
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Monday, December 28, 2009

These wars need better names

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And now, because I have nothing better to blog about, here is a list of some wars with dumb names. * The Eight Saints War * Gulgers'War ...
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Friday, December 25, 2009

Chrissy Snow

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Merry Christmas!! And I have posted this picture simply because Suzanne Somers played the part of "Christmas Snow" in that wonder...
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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Outrage Prize

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Hey, just as Barack Obama won the Nobel Prize, it seems I am a prize-winner too.
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Media Alert

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I am scheduled to be a guest on the Tom Young Show , this afternoon at 1:30 PM EST to discuss my Eco-Christmas blog .
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Have yourself an Eco-Christmas -- that's an order

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It didn’t get a lot of press, but the recent Copenhagen Climate Change summit issued a series decrees concerning the Holiday Season. These d...
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Gerry Nicholls
Gerry Nicholls is a communications consultant and writer who has been called a “political warrior” a “brilliant strategist” and one of the “canniest political observers in Canada.” He has worked as a consultant in both the United States and Canada and was formerly a senior officer in the National Citizens Coalition. A regular columnist with the Ottawa Hill Times, his work has also appeared in the Globe and Mail, the National Post and in the Sun Media chain; and he has appeared on countless TV and radio public affairs programs. He is the author of the book, Loyal to the Core, Harper, Me and the NCC.
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