John Ransom

John Ransom is a senior contributor at The Lion, having been for many years a national political writer and editor whose work has appeared in The Epoch Times, at Townhall.com, Newsmax, the Daily…

Courts
High school coach denied injunction after being fired for saying men have athletic advantages over women

A coach who was fired for saying that men have biological advantages over women in sports has lost his request for a preliminary injunction. Coach… Read More

January 9, 2024
Public Education
Analysis: ESSER program made public education’s future more difficult as Biden financial cliff looms

A research center at Georgetown University (GU) is warning that thousands of public school districts face a “bloodletting” as one-time federal COVID-19 relief funds run out. “I know [saying ‘bloodletting’]… Read More

January 4, 2024
Public Education
Multiple victims and at least one killed during Iowa high school shooting

A 6th grade student was killed and five others injured by 17-year-old student Dylan Butler Thursday at Perry High School in Iowa, law enforcement authorities have said. There was a… Read More

January 4, 2024
Courts
Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who refused gay marriage applicants on religious grounds, to appeal latest judgment

A federal judge has awarded a gay couple damages of over $260,000 in the case of former county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue a… Read More

January 4, 2024
Public Education
Harvard President Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism scandal

Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay, resigned on Tuesday, marking the end of a contentious plagiarism scandal and what was the shortest presidential tenure in school history. “This is not a decision… Read More

January 2, 2024