John Robson: In 2023 We Must Face Difficulties Bravely, in Theory and in Practice

People watch the New Year's fireworks display over Toronto's inner harbour just after midnight from Ireland Park, on Jan. 1, 2023. The Canadian Press/Tijana Martin

Commentary

Another new year prompts us to look up from the daily grind to the yearly one and ask what it’s all about, what beyond surviving the moment we hope to accomplish worth carving onto something more permanent than a Twitter feed. And while everyone who saw COVID and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine coming can foretell 2023’s surprises, the rest of us must either wait until things happen to explain why they were predictable, or else discuss what should happen and how to make it slightly more likely.