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In this photo taken Monday, July 14, 2014, a person stands alongside a sculpture depicting a giant dead parrot measuring 15 meters (49 feet) as it is unveiled to promote what is being billed as the final Monty Python live stage show which will be broadcast on Sunday, July 20, near Tower Bridge, London. (AP Photo/PA, David Parry) UNITED KINGDOM OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVE

EDITORIAL: Mr. Monkey’s business in merry old England

There's a bounty, sort of, on the head of Mr. Monkey in Old Blighty, where he made sport of the South Tyneside Council. Mr. Monkey is a blogger with a sense of humor, which is dangerous. The borough's councilmen spent more than $365,000 on a search that brought them across the sea to the steps of California's second-highest court. Published July 22, 2014

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. presided as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could lift restrictions on campaign donations to political parties and candidates. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

EDITORIAL: Obamacare in intensive care

Obamacare was moved Tuesday to intensive care. Two federal appellate courts split over whether the administration can bypass Congress and rewrite the Obamacare law as it wishes Congress had written it. Published July 22, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: True mercy supports life

Joseph Curl wrote movingly of the pain of watching loved ones suffer ("The politics of death and dying," Web, July 20). The desire to lessen the pain of a loved one is universal. Published July 22, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ready for a libertarian awakening

I agree with Jeffrey Miron, with a few qualifications ("A case for the libertarian," Web, July 17). As a Tea Party conservative, I oppose "crony capitalism," and given our recent history, I have become leery of foreign interventions. Published July 22, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Mexico’s problem is poverty

Wesley Pruden's "A deadly enemy within exacerbating immigration crisis" (Web, July 21) suggests that much of the immigration crisis is a result of the war on drugs. With respect, I believe that is a mistaken view. Published July 22, 2014

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., addresses the crowd during her appearance at the Netroots Nation conference in Detroit, Friday, July 18, 2014. Warren has captured the hearts of Democratic activists beginning to think about an heir to President Barack Obama. But their minds tell them that Hillary Rodham Clinton could help them hang onto the White House. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates)

EDITORIAL: Snipers from the left target Hillary

Democrats thought they were on to something good when they awarded their presidential nomination to an obscure freshman senator from Illinois, whose only experience was a stint as a "community organizer." Published July 21, 2014

FILE - In this March 12, 2013 file photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right, looks at a 64oz cup, as Lucky's Cafe owner Greg Anagnostopoulos stands behind him, during a news conference at the cafe in New York. The New York Court of Appeals ruled Thursday, June 26, 2014 that the city's health department overstepped its bounds when it restricted the size of sodas. The court is siding with a lower court that overturned the 2012 ban.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

EDITORIAL: The food police trying to arrest soda, again

San Francisco and Berkeley nestle on the opposite side of the country from Manhattan, but they're all kindred spirits. City officials in these Bay Area bastions of bean sprout do-gooderism are attempting to accomplish what Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, couldn't. Published July 21, 2014

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen gestures as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 16, 2014, before the House Financial Services Committee hearing entitled: "Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

EDITORIAL: Janet Yellen’s choice

Janet Yellen, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, gave the markets a fright last week. She closed her testimony before Congress with a firm rejection of the notion that the central bank should be subject to monetary policy rules that would get in the way of the central bank's "independence." Published July 18, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Say no to war with Russia

The tragic loss of life that was the result of last week's downing of a Boeing 777 over Ukraine makes me reflect on our July 3, 1988, shooting down of an Iranian airliner. Published July 18, 2014