What Falls Apart Reveals What Holds

Two friends, a birthday, a diagnosis, and considering the question many don't think about until it's too late.

“I turned 64 today, and I’ve lived almost seven years longer than my father did.”

That’s not my line. Those are the words of my friend and colleague Gary Karr, who published a piece on his birthday yesterday called The Big Boy Job. Gary is one of the sharpest communications minds I’ve ever worked with — we go back to our days in government — and his writ…