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.

Government
Are they being asked to sign away their parental rights? Arizonans cautioned not to sign anti-school-choice petition

Arizonans are now being asked to give up their parental rights.  That’s the way school choice advocate Corey A. DeAngelis sees it, anyway. Since Arizona lawmakers passed… Read More

August 18, 2022
Christian Schools, Government
A new educational frontier opens wide with coming of Arizona’s universal school choice law. What’s it mean for Christian educators?

Arizona may soon be the site of the Oklahoma Land Rush of school choice, as a new law allows all parents in the state to take… Read More

August 15, 2022
Public Education
School board turns tail, votes to permit satanic clothing a week after banning it

A school board that only a week ago chose to prohibit satanic clothing in schools voted Friday to do the opposite and permit it. … Read More

August 12, 2022
Public Education
Ban on satanic clothing in student dress code reconsidered by Kansas school board after parent complaint

A Kansas public school district is rethinking its ban on satanic clothing after a parent’s complaints and threats to sue.  The Hays Unified School District 489 Board… Read More

August 10, 2022
Culture, Opinion
Bleeding Kansas: What will the state look like after the coming surge in abortions and decrease in regulations?

If there is any good that comes from the defeat of the Kansas abortion regulation amendment Tuesday, it ironically may be the bad that comes of it. Read More

August 5, 2022