Making Sense with Nicholls

Given the success of “50 Shades of Grey” I have decided to write my own “erotica” novel in a literary attempt to become a billionaire. ...

Free political lesson: If you want to attack an opponent you have two basic options. You can attack them for a) all the bad and dangerous ...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his onetime sidekick Tom Flanagan are couple of wusses. I say that because neither man seems willing ...

Canada ’s intellectual and political elite have a dilemma: how do they deal with Dr. Norman Bethune’s legacy? On the one hand they despe...

Call me crazy, but one of my hobbies is dissecting fundraising letters, which I believe are under-rated forms of communication. A good fundr...

Today  is Canada Day. Amid the hoopla, I hope Canadians remember Canada Day is more than just a holiday; it's also a day to remind o...

When you get a reputation for running political “negative ads”, people will almost be disappointed if you don’t go on the attack. Such...

The Toronto Star’s Haroon Siddiqui recently came up with a baffling argument to defend Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. Se...

A couple of days ago, the Globe and Mail's Jeffrey Simpson wrote a column bemoaning Prime Minister Stephen Harper's foreign policy...

As we all know by now the vast majority of political pundits (including yours truly) completely misread the recent Alberta election. ...

I have been trying to make some sense out of the recent Wildrose debacle. What exactly happened? Why did the Wildrose blow such a seem...

When Tuesday morning rolls around and the results of the Alberta provincial election are known, the outcome will seem as if they were pre-or...

The last few days before an election are always the most crucial. This is the time when the vast majority of voters actually start paying ...

There is always a temptation when running a political attack ad, to get cute. Sometimes this works, but all too often an ad that supposed to...

Just sent a letter to the Winnipeg Free Press in response to this column . Don't think it will get printed, so to get it off my chest ...

My son and I love both love baseball, but unfortunately we don't love it in the same way. And for me that's a cause for real grief....