SkyMall: “There is No More Purely American Publication”*
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 09.19.06 | 6:56 AM ET
The Washington Post’s Joel Achenbach is almost certainly right about the ubiquitous in-flight catalog. “Ordering from SkyMall not only supplies an endorphin boost but is an act of optimism, as it presumes the safe landing of the plane,” Achenbach writes in the travel issue of Sunday’s Post Magazine. “The traveler thinks: I will survive this flight and own a new 1,000-CD multimedia storage tower!” Noted American optimist Stephen Colbert is also a fan.
* Update Sept. 22, 1:35 ET: Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times writer Dan Neil also recently wrote about the Sky Mall experience. Thanks for the tip, Eli.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
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