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John Robson: Why Hope Is Superior to Optimism

John Robson: Why Hope Is Superior to Optimism
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during a visit to a Royal Air Force Fighter station, June 1940. Central Press/Archive Photos/Getty Images
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Reading almost any newspaper not carefully edited to conceal the news, on almost any topic, will elicit a howl of dismay. The situation is grim and getting grimmer. Yet I frequently call to march to victory. Am I a fool?

John Robson
John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”