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Managing editor for Opinion & Community Engagement; editor of Viewpoints at The Oklahoman.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 21h

Let's keep investing in our future with OKC bond approval | Editorial

OKC bond and MAPS initiatives have sparked a downtown renaissance and quality of life improvements the nation has noticed. Let's keep moving forward.

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Keep our sense of community strong with a YES vote on Oct. 14 bond issue | Editorial

OKC bond and MAPS initiatives have sparked a downtown renaissance and quality of life improvements the nation has noticed. Let's keep moving forward.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 2d

What are your thoughts about the big OKC bond issue Oct. 14?

Oct. 14's bond issue will be the largest in OKC history, but will require no increase in current property taxes. Do you have an opinion to share?

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The polls open for a $2.7 billion OKC bond issue Oct. 14. How will you vote? | Survey

Oct. 14's bond issue will be the largest in OKC history, but will require no increase in current property taxes. Do you have an opinion to share?

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 3d

$15M buyout for Gundy? Imagine how many scholarships that could pay for | Opinion

Oklahoma State University will have to pay Mike Gundy $15 million to leave amid losing seasons. What does that say about our priorities?

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Mike Gundy got $15M to leave OSU. Think what that money could do for higher ed | opinion

Oklahoma State University will have to pay Mike Gundy $15 million to leave amid losing seasons. What does that say about our priorities?

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 4d

Young men, it's time to peacock up | Opinion

Young men, you have more control than you think. You don’t need to be rich or famous or genetically gifted. You just need to care and act like it.

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Young men, you are in control of your body, effort and story | Opinion

Young men, you have more control than you think. You don’t need to be rich or famous or genetically gifted. You just need to care and act like it.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 4d

There is outcry over Oklahoma test scores, but challenges are deep | Opinion

Oklahoma can't solve our reading outcomes without addressing funding, workforce and family instability as separate issues.

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Yes, there is outcry, but Oklahoma reading scores reflect deeper issues | Opinion

Oklahoma can't solve our reading outcomes without addressing funding, workforce and family instability as separate issues.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 7d

Educational priorities? Out with the old, action and nonpartisanship | Opinion

If we refrain from arguing over who should get credit or blame, we can all work together to move our public schools in the right direction

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What's next for the public schools of Oklahoma? It's up to us | Editorial

If we refrain from arguing over who should get credit or blame, we can all work together to move our public schools in the right direction

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 9d

Democrats need to reform platform, not rewrite election rules | Opinion

If Oklahoma Democrats want more influence, they should reform their platform, not rewrite election rules with State Question 836.

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Oklahoma Democrats should reform platform, not rewrite election rules with SQ 836 | Opinion

If Oklahoma Democrats want more influence, they should reform their platform, not rewrite election rules with State Question 836.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 9d

Ryan Walters' new employer appears to be a lot like a teachers' union | Opinion

The Teacher Freedom Alliance sure sounds like it has the same mission of a teachers' union — those groups Ryan Walters has loved to hate.

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Walters berated teachers' unions. Now he’s joining one. Forget those promises to voters | Opinion

The Teacher Freedom Alliance sure sounds like it has the same mission of a teachers' union — those groups Ryan Walters has loved to hate.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 14d

Oklahoma families deserve more than the Freedom Caucus' narrow agenda | Opinion

It's time for the Oklahoma Freedom Caucus to start representing all Oklahomans or step aside for those who will.

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Freedom Caucus' religious ideology trumps Oklahoma values | Opinion

It's time for the Oklahoma Freedom Caucus to start representing all Oklahomans or step aside for those who will.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 14d

Replacing Ryan Walters will be huge, critical decision for Gov. Stitt | Editorial

Governor's choice to replace Walters will have advantage in 2026 election, and next four years are critical for school improvement in Oklahoma

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Ryan Walters, our long educational nightmare, is leaving; Onus now on Stitt to pick the right replacement| Editorial

Governor's choice to replace Walters will have advantage in 2026 election, and next four years are critical for school improvement in Oklahoma

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 22d

Readers share thoughts on Kirk death, how we ease political discourse | Opinion

In the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing, readers share their thoughts on where we can go from here to ease caustic political discourse.

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Can anything be done to ease caustic political discourse? What readers said | Opinion

In the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing, readers share their thoughts on where we can go from here to ease caustic political discourse.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 23d

Oklahoma's last place in the rankings that matter most | Opinion

Oklahoma doesn’t aspire to be last place in anything. It’s time we stopped tolerating it in the area that matters most: our students' reading scores.

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If Oklahoma reading scores were sports rankings, the outrage would be deafening | Opinion

Oklahoma doesn’t aspire to be last place in anything. It’s time we stopped tolerating it in the area that matters most: our students' reading scores.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 25d

Jesus gave us a model for sabbath: A day to pick fights with injustice | Opinion

Sunday should include deliberate effort to provide redress or remedy of hardship, alleviate distress and offers of assistance.

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Sabbath is a day for Christians to instigate good trouble. It's what Jesus would do | Opinion

Sunday should include deliberate effort to provide redress or remedy of hardship, alleviate distress and offers of assistance.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 27d

Fighting diaper need lays foundation for healthier outcomes | Opinion

Diapers can cost $80-$100 a month, a strain on the budgets of many working families. You can help by supporting diaper drives this month.

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Diaper insecurity is high in Oklahoma. It's a public health issue | Opinion

Diapers can cost $80-$100 a month, a strain on the budgets of many working families. You can help by supporting diaper drives this month.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 28d

Does Rep. Brecheen believe in checks and balances? He doesn't say | Opinion

Supposedly, U.S. Rep. Josh Brecheen came home to hear from constituents. Instead, he gave a presentation on Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill."

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Rep. Josh Brecheen's 'town hall' approach: 'I talk, you listen' | Opinion

Supposedly, U.S. Rep. Josh Brecheen came home to hear from constituents. Instead, he gave a presentation on Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill."

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 29d

Destroying homeless camps to grab headlines puts politics over people | Opinion

Stable housing can help people turn their lives around, strengthening families and communities. Destroying camps does not provide lasting solutions.

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Real housing solutions would save tax dollars, strengthen families, cities | Opinion

Stable housing can help people turn their lives around, strengthening families and communities. Destroying camps does not provide lasting solutions.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 29d

Hamm: Our children need the protection of seat belts in school buses | Opinion

For decades Oklahoma parents have buckled in their children. We know seat belts save lives. It makes no sense not to require them in our school buses.

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Harold Hamm: The time has come for requiring seat belts in all our school buses | Opinion

For decades Oklahoma parents have buckled in their children. We know seat belts save lives. It makes no sense not to require them in our school buses.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 29d

Big Beautiful Bill is true waste, fraud and abuse of people in need | Opinion

This Big Beautiful Bill Act is a grotesque economic and social train wreck happening in front of our very eyes.

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The ugly truth about Big Beautiful Bill: It's the true waste, fraud and abuse | Opinion

This Big Beautiful Bill Act is a grotesque economic and social train wreck happening in front of our very eyes.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · Sep 8

AG Drummond should answer some questions about new Glossip trial | Opinion

No new trial is warranted for Richard Glossip. AG Drummond should at least appoint a neutral prosecutor if case goes forward.

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Why is Oklahoma's attorney general seeking a new trial for Richard Glossip? | Opinion

No new trial is warranted for Richard Glossip. AG Drummond should at least appoint a neutral prosecutor if case goes forward.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · Sep 8

Don't be fooled. UCO's control of student newspaper is about censorship | Opinion

What’s at stake is the very existence of UCO's student newspaper, protected by the free speech and press clauses in the First Amendment.

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UCO's administration cares more about control than students' First Amendment rights | Opinion

What’s at stake is the very existence of UCO's student newspaper, protected by the free speech and press clauses in the First Amendment.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · Sep 8

An untold story from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre | Opinion

A great-grandson wonders about the factors that drove the prominent Tulsa businessman to take his own life more than 100 years ago.

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What the death of a White Tulsa pioneer tells us about our history | Opinion

A great-grandson wonders about the factors that drove the prominent Tulsa businessman to take his own life more than 100 years ago.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · Sep 7

Before we reach for prescription pad, remember boys' brains grow slowly | Opinion

Medication can be life-changing. But it can’t replace structure, boundaries, mentorship and the long, slow work of building a healthy male mind.

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The developing male brain isn’t a flaw to fix. It’s a project to support | Opinion

Medication can be life-changing. But it can’t replace structure, boundaries, mentorship and the long, slow work of building a healthy male mind.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · Sep 7

Don't be fooled. UCO's control of student newspaper is about censorship | Opinion

What’s at stake is the very existence of UCO's student newspaper, protected by the free speech and press clauses in the First Amendment.

www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...

UCO's administration cares more about control than students' First Amendment rights | Opinion

What’s at stake is the very existence of UCO's student newspaper, protected by the free speech and press clauses in the First Amendment.

www.oklahoman.com

clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · Sep 6

Unwelcome wagon? Teachers from out of state met with 'woke' test | Editorial Cartoon

This week's editorial cartoon takes a look at Oklahoma state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters' 'woke' test for teachers.

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With teacher 'woke' test, it's a whole new frontier in Oklahoma | Cartoon

This week's editorial cartoon takes a look at Oklahoma state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters' 'woke' test for teachers.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · Sep 5

There's too much abuse, intimidation from the top in Oklahoma education | Opinion

If we don’t tolerate abuse in our homes,
our workplaces or our classrooms, why in the world are we tolerating it in our politics?

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There's a 'reign of terror' in Oklahoma education. Meanwhile, we're last in the nation | Opinion

If we don’t tolerate abuse in our homes, our workplaces or our classrooms, why in the world are we tolerating it in our politics?

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