Adelson and Ross: Yin Yang of US Politics
By James M. Wall
Wallwritings
January 8, 2012
What unites Sheldon Adelson and Dennis Ross? And why did both show up at the same time in the weekend news in two different locations?
Here is how it came down: Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson gave $5 million to a Newt Gingrich PAC, a huge boost to Gingrich’s fading presidential hopes.
Adelson is a strong Zionist supporter. He is described in the latest Forbes magazine issue as the eighth-richest person in America.
Dennis Ross, back on duty in a Washington pro-Israel think tank, wrote a Washington Post column with his usual solution for Middle East peace, that is, take whatever steps Israel will accept.
Still, there had to be something deeper in their connection on this particular weekend between the Iowa caucuses, which Mitt Romney “won” by 8 votes, according to media score keepers, and Tuesday’s upcoming New Hampshire primary, which home region guy Romney is expected to win by a large margin.
Finally, after hours of meditation, I remembered a phrase, yin yang. Normally, when I meditate, I reflect on the journals of John Wesley, the founder of my Methodist tribe of Protestants.
But this time I landed in new territory: Asian philosophy.
We have all heard the phrase, yin yang, but what does it mean, really? And how does it relate to Adelson and Ross?
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