January 5, 2015 The New York Times, January 3, 2015, published two related stories on its front page, both above the fold: the first was headlined “Fight on guns is being taken to state ballots”; the second was titled “Schism hinders Taliban’s effort at a new image.” The gun story is about gun control activists who have decided that the term “gun control” doesn’t poll very well because it is too revelatory of the movement’s ultimate objectives which are to ban and confiscate all firearms. So they have decided to change their image to better hide their cards. The article…