Browsing Tag Matt Blom
Speak Out: A Muslim of a puzzlim
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Matt Blom and Simon Fraser UniversityWeve all seen the shocking pictures on TV. Embassies firebombed, calls for violence, and the boycotting of Danish goods. All because of an opinion cartoon in a newspaper. Why is this? Well, Sheikh Younus Ismail Kathrada, Imam of the Dar Al-Madinah Islamic Society in Vancouver, said inThe Provincelast week that it is unacceptable to more...
Who’s intolerant?
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Matt BlomThere's a scary group out there. These people champion a cause which they relentlessly pursue and no dissenting opinions are tolerated. This group proudly proclaims their way is the right way and all must accept without resistance or else be labeled "bigot." Who are these people? Right-Wing Facists? Nazis? No, they're "Social Progressivists" who are currently more...
Liberal education?
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Matt BlomWe all hear the horror stories - newly graduated students taking their hard-earned degrees, only to be stifled in finding a job and working at a fast food place. Some people have suggested that university is a place of higher learning, which it definitely is, but that university is also a place where people become moral and upstanding citizens. I really more...
letter of the week: Good show, but where’s Grapes?
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Matt BlomIf you're like me, you've been religiously watching the World Cup of Hockey, where Canada's best players grab their sticks and represent us as they take on the world's finest players in international competition. If you're like me, the World Cup is missing one critical component of Canadian hockey: Don Cherry. I had na‹vely believed that Mr. Cherry had more...
letter of the week:Free expression?
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Matt BlomThis is not a particular response to any article, its more of a blanket piece addressing some patterns I've observed. Reading through the last five issues of thePeakI've noticed that in the humour section people often poke fun at religious (especially Christian) issues and people. While looking at some of the stuff that gets poked fun at, I had a revelation. more...
