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# DP reader feels cast adrift
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/dp-reader-feels-cast-adrift-editor/
- Published: 2007-10-16T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T03:27:26.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Roger Dekeyzer*

I have never seen (The Daily Press) print such a bloated, self-aggrandizing article as Thomas Bowden’s “West is indebted to Chris Columbus” (Oct. 8). The man’s attitude of “America is perfect... can do no wrong,” should surely provide him an interview for a Bush personal advisor.

I’ve long enjoyed your paper, but more articles like this will certainly bring on my last reading of it.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 16, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/101607.pdf?ref=smdp.com)