Making Sense with Nicholls

On November 18, 2018, a "Celebration of Life" was held in Oakville, Ontario, where my late wife Patti's friends and family cou...

Political professionals --- the men and women who work behind the scenes to plot strategy and to make politicians look and sound good – mus...

I don’t want to unduly alarm anybody, but our civilization is totally doomed. And it’s all because of fossil-fueled climate change. Any ...

I’m formally announcing in this blog that I will no longer resist Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s unstoppable media charm machine. From...

One of the best quotes attributed to a world leader concerning the war against ISIS turned out to be a hoax. Last week Fox News ran a ...

Friends, Canadians, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s political career, not to praise it. The ...

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...