The Secrets of Princeton  —  SUSAN PATTON, the Princeton alumna who became famous for her letter urging Ivy League women to use their college years to find a mate, has been denounced as a traitor to feminism, to coeducation, to the university ideal.  But really she's something much more interesting: a traitor to her class.

Libertarianism goes mainstream  —  Stereotyped for decades as pro-pot, pro-porn and pro-pacifism, libertarians are becoming mainstream.  —  Fair or not, Ron Paul epitomized to a swath of voters the caricature of a goofy grandpa who invests in gold, stockpiles guns, sees black helicopters whirling overhead and quotes Friedrich Hayek.

Hunger grows for President Hillary  —  Plans by a team of admirers for a run in 2016 are gathering pace as a top fundraiser lends his support, says Toby Harnden in Washington  —  A TOP Democratic fundraiser and confidant of Bill and Hillary Clinton for more than two decades is advising …

Obama Must Walk Fine Line as Congress Weighs Agenda  —  WASHINGTON — The days ahead could be decisive ones for the main pieces of President Obama's second-term agenda: long-range deficit reduction, gun safety and changes to immigration law.  —  With Congress back this week from a recess …

An English class for trolls, professional offence-takers and climate activists  —  Should Michael Mann be given the electric chair for having concocted arguably the most risibly inept, misleading, cherry-picking, worthless and mendacious graph - the Hockey Stick - in the history of junk science?

Nato airstrike ‘kills 11 Afghan civilians’  —  A Nato airstrike killed 11 Afghan civilians, including 10 children, during a fierce weekend gunbattle with Taliban militants that also left one US civilian adviser dead in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said today.

Malloy: NRA's LaPierre acts like a circus clown  —  (CNN) - Responding to criticism from the National Rifle Association over Connecticut's new gun laws, Gov. Dan Malloy argued the pro-gun group's executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, is simply blowing smoke.

Portugal Seeks New Options for Budget  —  LISBON—Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho said he would look for fresh spending cuts to keep Portugal's €78 billion ($101 billion) international bailout program on track following a Constitutional Court decision that threw his government into crisis …

Hackers Target Website for Children with Cancer  —  Hackers' group ‘Anonymous’ prides itself on repeatedly bringing down Larger than Life's website.  —  The hackers' group Anonymous said Saturday that its planned attack on Israel has begun and will intensify Sunday.

Weiner eye on mayor bid: sources  —  Former Rep. Anthony Weiner is laying the groundwork for a political comeback, possibly as a startling addition to this year's mayoral race, sources said yesterday.  —  Political insiders were abuzz at news that Weiner and his wife, Huma Abedin …

Gabby Giffords: Join the fight for safer U.S.  —  We must make pols hear our nation's cry: Pass tougher laws for guns purchases NOW!  —  Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D.-Ariz.) delivers opening remarks while seated next to her husband, former U.S. Navy Captain Mark Kelly …

‘This Week’ Transcript: Obama Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer; Two Powerhouse Roundtables  —  President and Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post Media Group Arianna Huffington, New York Times Columnist and Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Paul Krugman, Former Reagan Budget Director David Stockman …

Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime  —  On one covert video, farm workers illegally burn the ankles of Tennessee walking horses with chemicals.  Another captures workers in Wyoming punching and kicking pigs and flinging piglets into the air.  And at one of the country's largest egg suppliers …