The Economist has redefined "scathing" with this article.
Karen Hughes, one of his closest advisers, "rarely read books and distrusted people who did."
Who knows where that came from. Gotta love billion-dollar words thrown in like "homunculi" and "ratiocination" instead of the clearer "cronies" and "reasoning," respectively.
I just can't help but feel that this particular analyst is strongly biased.