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In his song “$0,” Cameron Winter, frontman for the indie-rock band Geese, sings at the crescendo: “God is real … I’m not kidding this time.” In an interview with the U.K.-based independent music publication The Line of Best Fit, Winter describes his own feelings about that section of the song as ambiguous: “The ‘God is real part,’ frankly, I don’t know exactly where that came from.”¹ Elsewhere in the same article, Winter regards confessional lyrics with something close to aes

College sports has always lived in tension. For decades, universities, and fans alike have tried to hold together two stories at once: on the one hand, college athletics as a space of formation—discipline, loyalty, sacrifice, patience, and preparation; on the other hand, college athletics as a massive entertainment industry generating billions of dollars. The recent emergence of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) compensation did not create this tension, but it has made it unavo

This quick and easy article initiates the simple but profound idea that tension is not central to life but is indispensable when trying to live the good life.