  We maintain that the search for the electroweak monopole is a key issue in
the advancement of our understanding of the standard model. Unlike the Dirac
monopole in electrodynamics, which is optional, the electroweak monopole should
exist within the framework of the standard model. The mass of the electroweak
monopole is estimated to be 5 to 7 TeV, but could be as large as 15 TeV. Above
threshold its production rate at the LHC is expected to be relatively large,
(1/alpha(em)2) times bigger than that of W+W- pairs. The search for the
electroweak monopole is one of the prime motivations of the newest LHC
experiment, MoEDAL, which is due to start data taking in 2015.
