Slate

No matter the situation the world's largest retailer involves itself in, rest assured, it will be analyzed, critiqued and questioned to excruciating levels. The latest area is solar power. read more >

Slate's Matthew Yglesius considers Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s plans to compete head-to-head with Amazon in online retail and thinks the brick-and-mortar powerhouse will almost certainly fail. read more >

Slate political writer David Weigel today looks at early U.S. Senate race prognostications by Democratic strategists and finds -- surprise! -- that the Mark Pryor/Tom Cotton match-up figures prominently. read more >