Today’s Times mentions Summers in the Week in Review section—and like humorist Andy Borowitz, they lump him with Mexican president Vicente Fox in the “uh oh, time to apologize” category.

The Times’ conclusion on the $50 million payoff?

“The latest offering is unlikely to quell unhappiness over his leadership among the faculty and students. The big unknown: What do the members of the Harvard Corporation, which governs the university, think?”

Note the implicit assumption in that question….