Anti-Wal-Mart Study Just Doesn't Add Up
Chicago Sun Times, June 7, 2010
The folks who don't want any more Wal-Marts in Chicago like to paint the superstore as the root of all evil. Recently, they've latched on to a new study of Chicago's first Wal-Mart, in Austin, as further evidence of the unique kind of pain Wal-Mart inflicts on Americans. There's just one problem. The study's anti-Wal-Mart conclusions don't add up.

Wal-Mart to Offer Its Workers a College Program
The New York Times, June 3, 2010
The retailer is joining with a Web-based university to give employees tuition reductions and credits from work.

Wal-Mart helps the poor by selling stuff cheap
The Baltimore Sun, May 3, 2010
Like Baltimore's Remington section, Brooklyn, New York, is considering a proposal for a local Wal-Mart

New York should learn to love Walmart: The low-cost retailer is good for the nation's priciest city
New York Daily News, May 2, 2010
There may be more to life than cheap underwear, as Pat Purcell of UFCW Local 1500 said in a recent Fox News interview. But what about the poor people who need it? Should they be forced to buy expensive personal items, groceries and furniture to appease union activists and those seeking an "authentic" urban experience?

HonFest founder backs big-box proposal in Remington
Baltimore Messenger, April 27, 2010
Denise Whiting, owner of Cafe Hon and founder of HonFest, supports the development of a $65 million shopping center with Wal-Mart and Lowe's as co-anchors.