New York Times Profiles Former Governor Booth Gardner

Booth Gardner, governor of Washington from 1985-1993, is the cover boy of New York Times Magazine this week. You may already know that he's suffering from Parkinson's disease, you may already know that he's campaigning to legalize physician-assisted suicide. But there's more, Daniel Bergner tells us:

Only his current cause keeps [Gardner] much interested in living — this and one other goal: to connect with his son, Doug, whose growing up Gardner missed as he took power in business and politics, and who is repelled by his father’s campaign.

Bergner, who's own father suffers from Parkinson's, interviews father, son, and a host of people both for and against physician-assisted suicide. Worth a read.

The photo is by Katy Grannan