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.

Public Education
Missouri elementary teacher’s vulgar anti-ICE posts, apparent chant for Trump assassination, call job into question

A third-grade teacher in Missouri’s St. Joseph Public School District has posted profane anti-ICE remarks on social media, saying “F**k ICE” and referring to “Nazi scum.” Perhaps even more troublingly,… Read More

January 28, 2026
Opinion
Here’s the one thing we need to teach again for happier, healthier America

Americans pursue happiness like nobody else ever has – and our Declaration of Independence even pays tribute to our God-given “unalienable Rights” that include “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of… Read More

January 22, 2026
Public Education
Kansas offering grants to schools for ‘gun detection’ monitoring

Kansas is rolling out grants for real-time gun-detection software that can spot and report an active shooter in seconds. The Legislature appropriated $10 million in grants – $2.5 million in… Read More

January 14, 2026
Opinion
By her own words, Ketanji Brown Jackson unfit to weigh in on Supreme Court cases involving transgender issues

Why in the world is Ketanji Brown Jackson allowed to judge a case involving gender, as she has Tuesday? Remember, she testified under oath during her confirmation hearing that… Read More

January 13, 2026
Politics
Democrat rhetoric endangers law enforcement, while rogue judge cavalierly signed off on spying, Hawley notes

Even without having seen the video of an ICE agent being rammed and shooting the driver, Josh Hawley knows the rules of the road when it comes to law enforcement. Read More

January 9, 2026