If you picked up a copy of The New York Times today, you may have noticed something a little bit different: America’s “paper of record” has cut t he width of its print edition by 1.5 inches. The move, which was initially announced last year, comes as a cost-cutting measure for the somewhat struggling Times. Although management says change will result in fewer words-per-page and a ten percent “news hole,” they insist they’ll compensate for about half of the projected content loss with an increase in the number of pages per issue. Maybe they can simply do the country a favor and eliminate their editorial page altogether while they’re at it.