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
Civil Society conference to explore vital American renewal ahead of country’s 250th

French visitor Alexis de Tocqueville famously cited early-American philanthropy as a unique strength of the young republic. These many years later, American altruism is an even greater strength – a… Read More

October 14, 2025
Opinion
Op-ed: Democrats’ rabid attacks on immigration enforcement a sign of America at war

The uniforms are pinstripes, not camouflage, the battlefields being courtrooms not hillsides. But there’s a war on for control of this country. … It also happens to be the first… Read More

October 1, 2025
Public Education
Kansas school district prohibits staff from wearing Charlie Kirk-style ‘FREEDOM’ shirts

A Kansas City-area elementary school has forbidden staff from wearing Charlie Kirk-style “FREEDOM” shirts. In an email exchange with a concerned citizen that has since been posted on the wildly popular… Read More

October 1, 2025
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Emily Zybach’s students learn pitfalls of communism, resilience of capitalism, endurance of Christianity

Florida public school students will be taught the atrocities of communism, and the risk of it in the U.S., starting with the 2026-27 school year. But Emily Zybach’s students are way ahead of that. The 11th-grade U.S. History teacher at Lincoln Christian… Read More

September 30, 2025
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Stephany Vesely guides students toward Christ, capitalism 

A survey this year found an alarming 62% of American youth have a favorable view of socialism – and 34% even say they like the idea… Read More

September 26, 2025