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.

What makes migraines worse than most other forms of intense agony is that they’re pointless.

If you break an arm, it hurts because it should. You can understand it — the pain is your body’s way of saying, “DON’T MOVE THAT ARM!” Migraines, in contrast, are excruciating for no good purpose. They hurt only because they hurt.