How to Gang Up on a Gang Scholar

I am of course biased by my respect for Sudhir Venkatesh and his pathbreaking approach to sociology (even more here), but this Times article about him feels more like an oppo dump* than reportage. Venkatesh is a low-key guy so I don’t envision him squawking back at the Times, but he did respond here. 

(*HT: @ChrisLHayes)