Making Sense with Nicholls

When it comes to politics, we Canadians have to put up with a lot of outrageous nonsense: broken campaign promises, sleazy scandals, Elizab...

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau is not only amazingly cute, he’s also incredibly busy. In addition to his rigorous schedule of posing for...

Given all the chatter over Green Party leader Elizabeth May's "sleep deprived" antics at the recent Ottawa Press Gallery even...

Note: This column first appeared in the Ottawa Hill Times in September, 2014; I think the analysis still holds. For Prime Minister Stephen...

It saddened me to learn of the recent passing of a great Canadian named Merv Lavigne I knew Merv way back in the 1980s when he was a c...

Stage 1. Euphoria Oh my God! Justin Trudeau, the cutest, most adorable, most charming man in the history of our planet, is now leader...

Sometimes I come across an opinion column about politics that’s so nonsensical, I feel compelled to write a response to it as soon as human...

While strolling down a downtown street festival recently I spied a little sign, taped to a Liberal Party recruiting booth and it immediat...

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says she doesn't like political attack ads, which is why, I suppose, her own political attack ad is so te...

My friend, Mat Vaillancourt , asked me to post his reflections on my blog, so I did. Check it out: Five Lessons from the Quebec provinc...

Don’t ask how, but I managed to get my hands on the Table of Contents for  Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s soon to be published memoirs ten...

Our democracy is doomed! For all the gory details of its demise, check out this column by the Toronto Star ’s Chantal Hebert. She...