Tom Horner

Tom Horner is a public affairs executive with more than 45 years of experience in public policy and politics. He was the Independence Party candidate for governor in 2010. He was Chief of Staff for Senator David Durenberger, founder of an influential public affairs company, and otherwise an astute observer of Minnesota politics for decades.

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Is a Good Outcome Worth Bad Policy?

Is a noble purpose that prevents even worse outcomes ever enough to warrant bad public policy?   That may be the devil’s choice facing opponents of...

Immigration Needs Reform Not More Violence

The Supreme Court in 2024 ruled that presidents have “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution when taking actions central to their chief executive role. Vice...

Why is Tim Walz Running?

Worry among DFLers over Gov. Tim Walz’s candidacy for an unprecedented third consecutive term has gone from whispers to persistent chatter. The level of...

No Turkeys in These Thanks

It seems the trend in media and politics these days is to focus less on the “thanks” in Thanksgiving and more on the turkey....

The Accountability Crisis

Autocrats don’t eliminate the institutions. They eliminate accountability. The institutions in a modern autocracy exist as movie sets, false fronts with nothing behind the...

Shakespeare’s Words of Wisdom. You Bet’cha

Destiny is the consequence of our actions. So wrote William Shakespeare in his play “Julius Caesar.”  We aren’t victims of fate. Our circumstances are...

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