A Discount Cornucopia of Gratitude

Giving thanks for Wal-Mart.

By Carrie Lukas
National Review Online

"Black Friday," the first day of the holiday shopping season, will soon be upon us. Crazed bargain hunters will line up at 2:00 A.M. for the chance at a $10 DVD player or a free (after rebate) pack of printer paper — anything retailers think will get shoppers through the door. This consumer frenzy will be accompanied by reports of unruly shoppers pushing and shoving each other to grab limited deals, followed by earnest pundits debating whether capitalism has gone too far.

Wal-Mart and its price-cutting smiley face will be at the center of this debate. To the anti-corporate Left, Wal-Mart represents everything wrong with America.