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A picture on social media this week of Princess Latifa of Dubai at the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland has led to the winding up of the organisation fighting for her freedom.

David High As with most people, as I get older I have had to get an ever-increasingly stronger pair of prescription eyeglasses. I was relating this the other day to a neighbor of mine — Bob Middlefanger — who, unfortunately, has had to live his entire life with inch-thick eyewear. He immediately went into a “You think you have trouble” rant. “Without my eyeglasses, I have trouble distinguishing between house fires and beer signs,” Bob said. “I wear the kind of glasses, if you ha...

David High: Time to debunk the myths of classic television David High Here in the newspaper business (Motto: "To be continued on page 38, section A”), we try to be accurate in our reporting. We go to great lengths to be sure we don’t print anything unless we know it’s true.  With the exception of the weather and most horoscopes, we try to be accurate. No offense, but if you think weather reports and the horoscope predictions are accurate, your frontal lobes are the size of Juju Beads.  ...

By David High Fowler Tribune The Christmas tree is a cherished holiday tradition that dates way back to who knows when, exactly. Someone in a group of heavy eggnog drinkers probably said, “Hey, I’ve got a good idea. Let’s all go out and cut down a perfectly good fir tree, drag it inside and see if we can get it to stand up again.” “Why would we do that?” another asked. “So we can make it a cherished holiday tradition,” was the reply. Whatever the story really was, the tradition ...