A 16-year-old bicyclist riding against a red light in a crosswalk was fatally injured when struck by a passing vehicle, police said.

A fatalist, he explains that he doesn’t really believe in it anymore. Roy “Yeah, it’s a great idea to win 4-0 at the park”.

Time was, our republic was renowned as a realm of fatalist resignation and arrested development. Many of us grew up accustomed to those affectionate barbs about how yesterday and tomorrow were ...