an impressive and lengthy response to the issues that arose around Prof. Cronon's original piece of ALEC's role in Wisconsin politics (among other things)<p>Original Piece
<a href="http://scholarcitizen.williamcronon.net/2011/03/15/alec/" rel="nofollow">http://scholarcitizen.williamcronon.net/2011/03/15/alec/</a>