Last week Stephan Thompson, deputy executive director of the Wisconsin Republican Party, filed an Open Records Law request asking the University of Wisconsin to turn over copies of e-mails from William J. Cronon, a tenured professor of environmental history. The request appears to have been prompted by Professor Cronon?s political activism. On March 15, Cronon published a long blog post titled ?Who?s Really Behind Recent Republican Legislation in Wisconsin and Elsewhere? (Hint: It Didn?t Start Here).?
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