Tuesday's Daily Brief of the Huffington Post

2010-06-22       The Daily Brief     Jacob Heilbrunn: Afghan Follies: Obama vs. McChrystal AP Jacob Heilbrunn: Is the Obama White House filled with wimps like Joe Biden and Richard Holbrooke? That's apparently what Gen. Stanley McChrystal told Rolling Stone magazine, only to apologize today. It sounds as though McChrystal is doing more than simply venting. He's trying to dodge responsibility for the war and pin it on President Obama. His remarks thus crystallize the administration's problem: Its Afghan surge appears to have failed before it even began. Click here to read more. Dan Rather: We Don't Know It's not a sentence we, as Americans, like to hear. But after talking to scientists on the Gulf Coast about the oil gusher now more than eight weeks old, "we don't know" is something I heard a lot. And it's scary. Daphne Eviatar: Failed Times Square Bomber's Guilty Plea Is a Win for US Justice System Faisal Shahzad entered a plea of "guilty" today in a federal courthouse in Manhattan. Despite Liz Cheney's warnings about bringing suspected terrorists to a U.S. courthouse, the proceeding was orderly, calm and peaceful. Richard Trumka: Who Are You Calling Names? Blaming immigrant workers for our economic catastrophe is like blaming shrimpers for the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Speaking Truth to the Truth-Seekers Many of us in the intellectual community are in crises. Some of us are mired in a moral crisis of knowing what is right but being afraid to do the right thing, and ultimately doing nothing. Dr. Frank Lipman: Vitamin D Health: Why You Shouldn't Shun the Sun Studies have shown that optimizing vitamin D levels may help prevent as many as 16 different types of cancer. And the best way is through smart, limited sunscreen-free exposure to the sun.     HuffPost News Stanley McChrystal, Top U.S. General In Afghanistan, Summoned To Washington After 'Rolling Stone' Interview Peter Orszag To Step Down As White House Budget Director The Fate of the Internet -- Decided in a Back Room Iraq Veteran Beating Tape: Video Of NYPD Assaulting Walter Harvin Released (VIDEO) Naomi Watts, Kate Walsh At The Public Theater Gala: Who Was Best-Dressed? (PHOTOS, POLL)   Get HuffPost on your iPhone!   ©2010 HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. All rights reserved. 560 Broadway, Suite 308, NY, NY 10012 Add dailybrief@huffingtonpost.com to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. User Agreement Privacy Policy