What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Joe Tarr previews the controversial push to allow mining in Wisconsin.
- Judith Davidoff reports on the Wisconsin DOJ's decision to dismiss some tickets issued to Capitol protesters.
- Judith Davidoff looks at how Wisconsin might be affected by Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage.
- Erik Gunn reports on a local coalition that is working with the federal government to implement Obamacare.
- Larry Kaufmann argues in favor of a flexible degree option at UW-Madison.
- Scott Gordon shares his top ten Madison albums of 2012.
- Mike Noto chats with DJ Nick Nice about his retro set list for the Mad Men Holiday Soiree at the Majestic.
- Scott Gordon speaks with hip-hop producer Jel, set to perform at the High Noon.
- Sandy Tabachnick lauds the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra's performance of Handel's Messiah.
- Amelia Cook says the Four Seasons Theatre production of She Loves Me is a holiday must-see.
- Scott Gordon reports on the Madison Public Library's proposed changes to the Wisconsin Book Festival.
- Dean Robbins takes a fresh look at the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour.
- Scott Renshaw returns to Middle Earth for a particularly Peter Jacksonian cinematic experience in The Hobbit, and Marjorie Baumgarten says Hitchcock is a flawed love story, not a film about the making of Psycho.
- Marcelle Richards dips heavily into the shabu shabu at Soga.
- Linda Falkenstein finds two ways you can make 2013 your year of cheese.
- Holly Whittlef profiles two local graphic designers who are giving a new look to Wisconsin towns.
- Tell All: A boyfriend gets no sex until he cleans up his messy room.
- Jason Joyce wants a communicative football coach for the Badgers.
