From a cloud to the cloud: How ash kills airmail

The ash cloud over Europe will kill airmail and with it paper documents around the world. It will hasten the decline and death of postal delivery that I foresaw here. It will have an equally profound and permanent impact on other sectors of the economy and society. But let's just look at the post office.

Right now, it is impossible to get a document to or around Europe with speed. People can't fly. Mail can't fly. Even when the air clears, there'll be diminished faith in the ability of the...