It’s really no surprise that, yet again, the University of California, Berkeley (Cal) is at the heart of some political controversy. This time is different though. Instead of this ruckus being about students protesting budget cuts, carbon emissions or how many types of granola are available at the cafeteria, it was actually the Cal police who were at the center of this uproar.

“Love the game no matter what.” This is the slogan that the Jordan brand has decided to go with for its latest ad campaign. Its new commercials depict a trio of superstars balling it up in a variety of locales — at a local pickup game, a retirement home and even a park in Beijing.

“If you want peace, prepare for war.” This Latin phrase sums up Mitt Romney’s plan for halting Iran’s nuclear program. Although it reeks of the typical American machismo response to foreigners, there lingers a scent of pompousness.

Thomas Hobbes is the essential creator of the social contract: the idea that each individual gives up a significant amount of freedom to a greater entity in order to receive security and benefits that alone one individual can not receive. The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments about whether the Fourth Amendment was violated when a police officer attached an electronic tracking device onto a suspect’s car without a warrant.