The best explanation of President Trump’s aggressive strategy can be found in ancient Greece. Like Alexander the Great, Mr. Trump is cutting the Gordian knot. According to legend, in Phrygia (in what ...

Merchan’s eventual solution to this Gordian knot of his own creation was to announce prior to sentencing that he would not sentence Trump to anything at all. Invoking an “unconditional ...

The Gordian knot wasn’t solved by patience or incremental fixes. It was solved by seeing the problem differently and taking decisive action. Financial leaders now face the same choice ...

It’s also more than a single book, even one guided by a keen and careful hand, can adequately contain: a Gordian knot of domestic melodrama, global politics and high-flying philosophy told in ...