At my day job, we recently underwent a major upgrade of our security cameras.

Yes, shoplifting has gotten bad enough and technology has gotten good enough that we have made this major investment.

Retailers have come to the sad realization that they face losses both from the traditional lowlife thieves and the thrill-seeking youngsters who rationalize, “Hey, the store has insurance!”

(Apparently these youngsters have seen enough neighbors with wheelbarrows of free zucchini to assume that insurance agents are roaming the countryside insisting, “Premiums? Shucks, we don’t need any pre...