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According to a conservative think tank, The Cato Institute, the Trump wall won’t work for the following reasons: historically, they are ineffective, people build tunnels and develop other ways to get past the wall. Nearly half of illegal immigrants are “overstayers,” meaning they entered legally with visas but never left. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, almost all illegal drugs come through legal entry points, cleverly hidden in trucks and cars.

Our topic for today: three stories and a letter.
The stories all made recent headlines.
The first was about the state of Florida posthumously pardoning the Groveland Four, a group of African-American men who suffered torture, prison and murder after being falsely accused of raping a white woman in 1949.
The second concerns broad Republican condemnation of one of their own, Rep. Steve King, for an interview with The New York Times in which he questioned why the terms “white nationalist” and “white supremacist” should be considered offensive.

ASTORIA, Ore. — The Port of Astoria hopes the Astoria Regional Airport’s connection to the military and Columbia River commerce will help the aging airfield get a higher priority with the state.
The state is updating the Oregon Aviation Plan for the first time in more than a decade. Gary Kobes, the port’s airport manager, created an economic impact analysis to show the airport’s value.

When his chemotherapy patients leave the hospital to continue treatment at home, Edward Greeno faces a new challenge.

Do-it-yourself projects by homeowners are a multibillion-dollar growth area within the U.S. economy and the bread and butter of corporate giants like Lowe’s and Home Depot.
And for good reason: When done right, DIYs are great, saving you money and time. They can even be fun and give you a sense of pride in what you’ve accomplished. But they can also be rolling disasters when they go off the rails.

PORTLAND — Urban Airship, a Portland marketing technology company that enables push notifications on smartphones, said Wednesday it has acquired its biggest competitor in Europe.
The Oregon company said it paid cash and stock for Accengage, which provides push notifications and similar mobile marketing technology, but didn’t disclose a value for the transaction. Online startup database Crunchbase said Accengage has raised $9 million altogether, most recently in a $6 million round in 2017.

More than 50 years after his death, the words and tributes to Martin Luther King Jr. might seem redundant. They are not. The meaning of King’s life and message ring true today, as profound and universal as ever.

PORTLAND — HP Inc. says it won’t allow people to use its 3D printers to manufacture guns, unless they are a licensed firearms manufacturer and are making guns that can be detected by airport security.
But the company’s stance is unlikely to have significant impact on the supply of homemade guns. That’s because HP’s 3D printers are primarily for the commercial market, not hobbyists. And printing experts say determined people could probably find their way around HP’s restrictions.