Michael Ryan

Michael Ryan is Executive Editor of The Lion. A Kansas City native, he’s been an award-winning reporter, editor and opinion writer at newspapers in Kansas, Missouri, Georgia and Texas.

Culture
Kansas parents frightfully unaware of extent of online dangers to kids, US attorney warns

A dad putting his young son to bed offhandedly points to a box of porn in the corner of the child’s bedroom, asking him not to look at it during… Read More

March 31, 2026
Government
Kansas City mayor’s indifference to dangers of all-gender bathrooms draws firestorm of ridicule

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas has drawn national scorn this week for his view that the city’s airport doesn’t need gender-specific bathrooms – even after up to 66 women… Read More

March 26, 2026
Culture
Where child sex-change social contagion was birthed, nursed – and the rising rejection of it

As public support for sex changes on minors craters, one has to wonder: How did we ever get to the point where it’s socially and medically acceptable to “transition” children… Read More

March 24, 2026
Culture
How upstart Nick Shirley transcended humble beginning, threats, to plant his flag on journalism summit

Celebrated citizen journalist Nick Shirley always wanted to be a YouTuber, and at 23 he’s already traveled the world. But it wasn’t until he exposed mammoth Somali-led daycare and healthcare… Read More

February 27, 2026
Politics
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas claims longtime Democrat mayors, not Trump, cut crime to record lows last year

Hours before the State of the Union address Tuesday, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas noted “the homicide rate in major U.S. cities is at a 125-year low” and “homicides plummeted… Read More

February 24, 2026