Uncertainty a defining feature at start of year

There is much ado about uncertainty these days.

As we usher in 2017, there seems to be no alternative to uncertainty as a broadly, if not universally, applicable catchall to events whose full ramifications are yet to be seen. It applies fittingly to so many countries, so many people, in so many ways.

Everything yet to unfold is inherently uncertain. Uncertainty is therefore a constant, secure favorite in previews of a coming year.