As we celebrate the New Year, one question that we should perhaps ask ourselves is: how are we doing on the fear stakes? Are we more for less afraid? Afraid of war, economic uncertainty, debt, insecurity, immigrants? Or are we overcoming our fears?

Dr. David Altheide, Regents’ Professor Emeritus, School of Social Transformation Justice and Social Inquiry at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University talks about these issues,