Well, Charles Krauthammer repeatedly spells it P-e-r-e-n in his column in today's Washington Post, "The Real Hill-Bill Problem." And we're not talking transliteration here, or leaving out a tilde or an accent. For a columnist and commentator as trenchant and "in your face" as Krauthammer is, he for sure should know how to spell Juan Peron's name, as Peron is no doubt in his pantheon of heroes.
Krauthammer is a good writer to be sure. He is logical (sometimes "faux logical") , clever, and can even be funny. And he is never plagued with self-doubt. He also cherry-picks facts and is at times devious. My favorite example of his deviousness is the time he quoted Senator Carl Levin (whom he respects) about changing our role in the Iraq War. He then added his own embellishments to what Levin had said, putting "words in his mouth", so to speak. Krauthammer then proceeded to criticize Levin's position, based on the embellishments he had added! Enough said.
PS. I sent him an email pointing out his error. I wonder if he'll read it?
update (1:PM) The spelling error has been corrected.
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I am taking "leave of my senses" by thinking Krauthammer did not know how to spell Peron's name. Well, I am not alone. Here is a post from Best of Both Worlds: Convergence, pointing out the same error, along with other things in the column.
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