The best way to discover your ignorance is to try explaining what you think you know.

About a year ago I started turning the KJR Manifesto into a book. Since I’d already published a synopsis in this space (“KJR Manifesto — Core Principles,” Keep the Joint Running, 4/10/2006) and had written columns about most of the ideas, I figured it would be a quick, easy project.

The Big Three automobile makers’ CEOs drove to last week’s Congressional hearings — an improvement, I suppose, over flying in separate corporate jets.

Ford made a credible case, and while giving the guy credit is painful given my past criticism of his compensation (“Fix Or Repair Daily,” KJR, 3/12/2007), Ford’s CEO, Alan Mullaly apparently took my advice two years ago (I’m sure he reads KJR — aren’t you?)