Making Sense with Nicholls

The Conservatives have come out with two new ads; one I  like a lot, the other less so. Let's start with the ad I think works very wel...

This is the NDP's new TV spot; it's not all that imaginative, but it does serve the party's strategic needs. Content-wise th...

A couple of media notes. First, I am quoted in this Ottawa Hill Times article on the prospects of a federal election this spring. Plus,...

There's a battle going on in Wisconsin to see who runs the state, the people or big union bosses.

I am scheduled to be a guest today at 1:45 PM ET on the Michael Harris Show, ( CFRA Ottawa ) to discuss federal political issues.

In what seems an awful lot like a pre-election blitz, Conservative Cabinet Ministers and MPs are fanning out across the country to brag abou...

Yesterday was President's Day in the U.S., so here a day late, is a column I wrote a few years ago on the man I consider the best presid...

I am scheduled to appear on CFAX radio , this afternoon at 12:10 ET to discuss Bev Oda and the latest poll numbers.

The Fraser Institute calculates that in order to balance the budget, the federal government needs to slash spending by about $16 billion. ...

If you care about the state of education in this country, then I would strongly urge you to attend the Society for Quality Education's u...

One of the hardest things to do in politics is whip up public interest in the National Debt. I know, I've tried. The problem is that...

I am reading the late Barry Goldwater's autobiography and came across his reasons for seeking political office. Here's what the fo...

The whole Bev Oda scandal could have been avoided if the Conservative Party simply had more confidence in conservatism. Just imagine, for ...

I am scheduled to do interviews today, one on The Michael Harris Show ( CFRA Radio ) at 1:45 PM ET, the other on the CHCH TV show "Squa...

T he Opposition wants Bev Oda, the Minister of International Co-operation, to resign because she doctored a document. The first thought t...

Sometimes you can fight City Hall. Just ask Marta and Lech Jaworski, a courageous couple who took on a bunch of bullying municipal bureauc...

As far as outward appearances go our federal party leaders -- Conservative Stephen Harper, Liberal Michael Ignatieff, New Democrat Jack Layt...

For those of you who think my criticisms of Prime Minister Stephen Harper for his lack of conservatism is some sort of new agenda, let me di...

Yesterday a bunch of communist thugs stormed a meeting of the Toronto City Council budget committee. They disrupted the proceedings with ...

The Economist magazine has an interesting article on Prime Minister Stephen Harper, which you should check out. (And I am not pushing the ...