Making Sense with Nicholls

Whenever a New Year approaches, I like to take my eyes off the road ahead and stare intently for a long period of time at the rear view mirr...

Given that for the past ten years or so, the Conservative Party has been something of a fundraising juggernaut, I’m hesitant to criticize t...

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau's recent comment about Santa Claus being a Canadian reminded me of a column I wrote a few years ago, conc...

Solon’s laws for Athens, the Magna Carta, the Emancipation Proclamation, all key milestones in the history of democracy which pale into ins...

Winner -  John F. Kennedy Even though Kennedy was assassinated 50 years ago, his almost mystical status as a legendary leader continues to...

Winner -- The Conservative Party Imagine this: An entire week went by with no real mention of Mike Duffy or Pamela Wallin or Senate scanda...

Winner: The Guys Who Write Conservative Attack Ads With his idiotic comment about admiring the efficiency of China's communist dictato...

American writer E. B. White once said, “explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the proce...

Well, it looks like Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was serious when he promised to stay "positive." The Liberal Party's recen...

Once again, after careful analysis and research I announce the winner and loser of the week. Winner  -- Senator Mike Duffy Duffy managed ...

Call me old fashioned but in this day and age of fancy, smancy, high tech communication, I still have a soft spot for billboard ads. Yes, ...

Pretty easy selection this week: Winner: News Media The stunning testimonies offered up this past week in the Senate by the infamou...

Winner: Stephen Harper The big winner of the week has to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. No matter how the slice it, his negotiated trade d...

When I worked at the National Citizens Coalition, I thought it was an organization solely dedicated to fighting for economic and political ...

I was greatly saddened to learn of the passing of John Dobson . He was a great man and a true champion of freedom. A successful entrepre...

In this increasingly dangerous world, it’s nice to know Canadians can rest secure in the knowledge that RCMP officers are out there,  patro...

Given that Ontario is in a tense minority government situation these days, we can expect constant, low level partisan warfare to take plac...

If the Duffy/Wright/Senate controversy has proven one thing, it’s that scandals are a non-partisan affair. This news might shock many Co...

Canada ’s political pollsters got it spectacularly wrong in British Columbia and in Alberta . And so now many pundits and media type...

Canadian left-wing intellectuals have a habit of saying the darndest things. And most of the darndest things they say are associated w...