Dummymander is the term that the political scientists Bernard Grofman and Thomas L. Brunell coined for what happens when a gerrymander backfires, hurting the party that it was designed to help.

Starting with a little background, back toward the start of the decade, during the remapping of the Butte County Board of Supervisors districts, there was a bit of tension.

Lava Beds National Monument in Tulelake, California, is home to over 800 lava tube caves that’ll make you feel like you’ve accidentally stumbled onto the set of a science fiction movie, except ...