Opinion: Editorial pages: Left-rail roundup

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Bring the Olympics Back to L.A.: The city of the angels should host the 2016 games.

The dictator next door? How does a $60,000-a-year government functionary afford a $35 million home in Malibu? Ask Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangu, son of Equatorial Guinea’s brutal dictator—and Cher’s newest neighbor.

Caveman write editorial: They’re the heroes of bestselling books; they’re offended by those Geico ads; they partied with Ringo Starr: Is it any surprise that Neanderthals share 99.5% of our genetic material?