The power of repetition

Whether it's ancient Carthage or a modern challenge, Cato the Elder has a lesson for us all.

Cato the Elder must have seemed either the most annoying or the most perceptive of speakers in the ancient Roman Senate.

Living through the conflict of Rome with Carthage for control of the Western Mediterranean, Cato, a Roman politician and defender of traditional values, emerged as a prominent voice in the Roman Senate and a dedicated censor - a high-r…