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Walter McClure

Walter McClure

Walter McClure is a senior fellow and chairman of the Center for Policy Design, where his chief concern is large system architecture.

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The freedom to worship freely — or not at all — is what’s missing in the abortion debate

By: - October 11, 2022

The Supreme Court majority did not just overturn Roe v. Wade, it overturned religious freedom. While claiming to promote religion, a look at its decisions show it is promoting only its own intolerant dogma and running roughshod over the religious and personal ethics of the greater majority of Americans. This is readily seen. The morality […]

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Abortion rights should be considered a key plank of religious freedom | Opinion

By: - June 20, 2022

Our Constitution guarantees all of us the right to free exercise of our personal religious and moral beliefs, be they for or against abortion. The law has no right to interfere with what a person believes God or conscience dictates about abortion.  But equally, the Constitution guarantees that no one has the right to abridge […]

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Take the shot for your country — Opinion

By: - August 6, 2021

Minnesota’s own GOP U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn and other caviling politicians have a strange idea of individual freedom. They claim our freedom gives them the right to ignore or refuse COVID-19 vaccination. It leaves me cold. Says Hagedorn of his silence on COVID vaccination: “Here’s the deal, the American people have the right to individual […]