Making Sense with Nicholls

The left-wing media just won't let this "Harper is a scary so con" issue die. And it's all because of Marci McDonald's...

Paul McKeever, a libertarian's libertarian, discusses my recent National Post column. Note the scary picture.

I am scheduled to be on the Roy Green Show this afternoon, with guest host Rob Breakenridge, at 4:20 PM to discuss politics and conservatism...

Check out my latest column in the National Post. It's about Prime Minister Harper, so cons and politics.

Ever wondered about the making of a political TV ad? Well here's what an ad looks like when it's finished: And here's the raw ma...

On April 6, Canada lost a true champion of freedom. That's the day Alan Hunter died. You probably never heard of Alan, he wasn't a j...

Recently had a chance to realize a dream: watched a game in Fenway Park. It was raining and cold and the Red Sox lost (twice!) but it was a ...

I was saddened to learn Report Magazine is ceasing publication. It was a great magazine that provided a strong voice for Canadian conservati...

Whenever I criticize the federal Conservatives for being “Liberal clones” the government’s defenders will inevitably remind me that the defi...

Here's the opening of a speech I delivered in December at a liberty and free speech symposium organized by the Canadian Centre for Polic...

The federal government recently announced it was adding a bunch more seats to the House of Commons. This brought to mind an interesting New...

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

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

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...

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 ...

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...

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

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

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 ...

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