By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - We live today in a climate of fear. Our political leaders lecture us about the risks of a nuclear war, stock-market crash, a fascist takeover, or a terrorist attack. Public-health officials tell us to fear a virus and a food additive and a tick and a new breed of murderous hornets. Meteorologists warn us that we might face unusually cold weather or warm weather or snowstorms or drought. The mass media gleefully carry all the dire predictions, because bad news sells... Could we all please stop, relax, and tune out the fear?