Commentary I drove over to the Nordstroms in Nashville’s Green Hills neighborhood today, intending to do a little early Hanukkah/Christmas shopping, but there was so much traffic heading into the parking structure, I just gave up. Maybe it was those supply-chain fears. And this was only a day after that between 50 and 80 looters, according to first-hand reports, invaded a Nordstroms in Walnut Creek, California, pepper spraying and punching people who got in their way before they made off with their booty in waiting cars. Even if those numbers are exaggerated, and we have no reason so far to disbelieve them, if only 30 or 40 of those thugs ransacked the department store, imagine the horror for shoppers and employees. Only a day before, Nov. 20, if we are to believe Twitter reports that include videos—the mainstream media no longer bothers with this— swank stores like Louis Vuitton were …
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