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Sandy’s Wrath
It had been just over a year since Hurricane Irene flooded suburban New Jersey. Sandy took a similar path. Hardest hit was the sprawl of waterfront housing that the seawalls were designed to protect....
View ArticleElection Night 2012 Liveblog
Contributors to and friends of The Blue Review are gathered at a secret, downtown Boise location tonight to live blog the election returns. We are gearing up in about an hour, as polling on the East...
View ArticleAprès “I Voted”
The Blue Review Editor Nathaniel Hoffman will moderate a post-election conversation tomorrow night with: ⦿ David Adler, Andrus Center for Public Policy at Boise State University ⦿ Justin Vaughn, Boise...
View ArticleFiscal Cliff Group Blog
As the lame duck Congress searches for a way around, over or through the so-called “fiscal cliff” that it set before itself in November 2011, when a bipartisan “super committee” failed to reach a deal...
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Grading Idaho on Infrastructure
The American Society of Civil Engineers 2012 “report card” gave the Gem State a nearly failing grade point average of 1.67. “The problems our nation’s infrastructure faces are significant, and that’s...
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Guns Across America Across Idaho
On Saturday, January 19, tens of thousands of gun enthusiasts gathered nationwide at gun shops, shooting ranges, and 49 state capitols. About 800 rallied in Boise at the Idaho Statehouse, according to...
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Gallery: Quintessential North
As part of a series on city life, the focus of this gallery is on the North End, an historical hub of activity in Boise. North Boise spreads like a V from the Fort Street cottonwood cabin where John...
View ArticleTBR Video: Guns and the American Cultural Impasse
After the Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut last year, it seemed inevitable that the United States would adress gun violence with some meaningful policy prescriptions. When that failed to...
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Gallery: Quintessential South Boise
As part of a series on city life, the focus of this gallery is on the South Side, an area of Boise that grew from a portion of the Oregon Trail and agricultural lands into a vibrant network of...
View ArticleOpen Forum: The City and “Creeping Suburbanization”
Join writers from The Blue Review No. 3 for an open forum on The City and “Creeping Suburbanization” on Friday, October 4 at Boise State’s new downtown lab on the corner of Front and Capitol. This...
View ArticleTBR No. 4: Racial Discrimination in Idaho
The clearest manifestation of Idaho as a state with troubled racial politics was the 30-year reign of Richard Butler and his Aryan Nations. Butler and his ilk, despite popular movements against their...
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