CONSIDERING THE AUDIENCE, THAT’S IMPRESSIVE: Judging from the “readers’ picks” comments, the NYT article designed to instill empathy for immigrants did not work. “You can read the whole thing, but you catch the drift. Readers are being instructed to rankle at the new Supreme Court case and to empathize with the good, hard-working, long-suffering immigrants. . . . But look at the highest-rated comments. They’re not taking the cue to distinguish themselves from those terrible people who vote for Trump/Brexit and thereby increase the suffering of immigrants. Despite the promptings of the elite opinion-leaders of the NYT, they’re agreeing with the Trumpers and Brexiters.”