Today's Opinions

It's a good bet that if you play the lottery, you're more likely to lose money than win. Claims this past week that the Virginia Lottery had sold tickets when the top prize had already been won obviously showed the odds were even worse ? there was no chance at all.

A business finance professor from Washington and Lee University claims that tickets he purchased last summer in the Beginner's Luck game were sold after all of the top prizes of $75,000 had been won. He said there was "zero chance" he could have won the top prize.

Now than Barack Obama is the "Democrats'" presumptive nominee, he's changing his tune. The day after the last "Democratic" primaries, Obama addressed the American Israel Public Affairs Council, a pro-Israel lobby.

Obama told this organization, "The danger from Iran is grave and real and my goal will be to eliminate this threat." He also said he would never take the military option off the table.

Some 40 veterans spent June 6, 2008, in Bedford commemorating the 64th anniversay of the D-Day assault. There's not as many of these heroes left this year. Each year takes a few more of them away.

But their legacy lives on, way beyond their years. The freedoms they fought for, we now enjoy. The sacrifices they made we must always salute. The price that they paid we must never forget.

To each of them, and to all the military men who have served and are now serving, we give our thanks.