The Times mourns Robert Byrd, 92-ish: "A graf or two supplied by the bureau on his death's impact on pending legislation. e had been in failing health for several years." Indeed. What? Click through to see the Times' unedited insta-remembrance.

Silly David Brooks. In his Times column today, Brooks condemns Rolling Stone reporter Michael Hastings for being so childish as to print illuminating, on-the-record words from Stanley McChrystal and his aides. Why can't Hastings be as cautious as David Brooks?