In your home, your Writing Study is just below us, the floor below. Just tell me, does it matter to you when you are writing what is going on in the world outside Yourfront Door . Does it affect your writing . Well, it depends on what you mean. If theres a fire engine screeching in front of my door, it will interrupt my concentration, and i might go out and see whats going on. But if theres a distant war going on in another place and i know about it, im not going to read about it while im doing my work for the day. But i certainly will inform myself about it later. You talk of distant wars. Im thinking of wars much closer to home. You write a lot about your take on american politics. Youve talked about your feelings through the course of four years of donald trump. Youve talked about a country at war with itself. So the war isnt so very far away. Yes, the war that were engaged in here, fortunately, has not become yet a fighting war with guns, to a large degree. But we are divided in wa
Us, the floor below. Just tell me, does it matter to you when you are writing what is going on in the world outside Yourfront Door . Does it affect your writing . Well, it depends on what you mean. If theres a fire engine screeching in front of my door, it will interrupt my concentration and i might go out and see whats going on. But if theres a distant war going on in another place and i know about it, im not going to read about it while im doing my work for the day, but i certainly will inform myself about it later. You talk of distant wars, im thinking of wars much closer to home. You write a lot about your take on american politics. Youve talked about your feelings through the course of four years of donald trump. Youve talked about a country at war with itself, so the war isnt so very far away. Yes. The war that were engaged in here, fortunately, has not become, yet, a fighting war with guns to a large degree. But we are divided in ways that i have never seen before, and ive been
In the coming hours. He was handed over to us officials in china, although the circumstances of his return have not been fully revealed. Private king entered north korea by running across the Demilitarised Zone from south korea injuly. He had been due to be flown to the us, to face military disciplinary proceedings, when he escaped his escort. North korea earlier said it would expel the soldier for illegally entering its territory. Us National Security adviser Jake Sullivan has thanked both china and sweden for their assistance in gaining private kings release. Jean mackenzie reports. This is travis king moments before he ran into north korea during a tour of the Demilitarised Zone. The us soldier had been in trouble with the south korean authorities and was being sent home to be disciplined by the army. The north koreans have kept his whereabouts a total secret. But behind the scenes, an extraordinary operation has been unfolding. Sweden played chief negotiator, acting on behalf of th
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