A reader recently sent me a link to a very well-done simulation that shows how political mapmakers analyze party registrations on a house-by-house basis to draw district boundaries favorable to keeping incumbents in office. The process, called gerrymandering, has been used by both parties over the years, and is proof that abusing power to extend power is a corruption of character not limited to any particular party or ideology.

There are few things that have the potential to unite Americans of all political persuasions, but ending practices like earmarks and gerrymandering should be among the top—if only they got sufficient attention.