Making Sense with Nicholls

I feel a little embarrassed for Canada ’s media elite. For the past few years many of their number have been carefully crafting a na...

Politicians in Ottawa have long ignored a sizzling, simmering, serious problem that's afflicting far too many Canadians. I am referr...

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...