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
Sen. Schmitt leads effort to suspend spying ā€˜accomplice’ Judge Boasberg

Federal Judge James Boasberg should be suspended pending impeachment hearings for his sweeping campaign-like rulings against Republicans and conservatives, says Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt. ā€œNo more delays. Judge Boasberg must… Read More

November 18, 2025
Opinion
America and socialism: Be careful what you wish for

Talk about continentalĀ drift! While South AmericansĀ areĀ increasinglyĀ embracing freedom inĀ placesĀ such asĀ ArgentinaĀ and rejecting socialist authoritarianism in countries such as Venezuela and Mexico – where revolutionĀ or regime changeĀ is in the… Read More

November 17, 2025
Opinion
Novel ā€˜Theo of Golden’ a remarkable tale of God-inspired kindness amid pervasive suffering

Allen Levi wrote his extraordinary novel Theo of Golden with no plans to publish it and an audience of one in mind. ā€œI thought to myself very consciously: when… Read More

November 12, 2025
Opinion
Arctic Frost v. Watergate: One is the scariest scandal in US history, the other has a ā€˜gate’ on the end of it

Arctic Frost may not be the biggest scandal in American history – not when the government was used to frame a presidential candidate as a Kremlin ally, or when a… Read More

November 4, 2025
Culture
ā€˜Seeing the Supernatural’: New book offers stunning glimpse into spirit world, new hope for unmoored world

Amid the playful affair of Halloween, a most earnest and momentous question about spiritual manifestations: Is it just possible some phenomena in this often drifting, directionless, depraved physical plain are… Read More

October 22, 2025