It is impossible not react to the current state of affairs through personal action and artistic production.

It is impossible not to react to the current state of affairs through personal action and artistic production. We have been at war for three years. One desperately feels the need for someone to speak some sort of truth, either poetic or factual.

Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.

In essence, it's not so much what Penn State does, but it's how we're going to react to them. If we swing at good pitches, then we should be successful.

To me, the real 'state of the union' is found in how Americans react to current events.

All action is an attempt to exchange a less satisfactory state of affairs for a more satisfactory one.