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
Pro-life organizers explain Kansas’ misunderstood abortion amendment, plead for truthful reporting on it

Kansas gave Donald Trump around 57% of its votes in both 2016 and 2020. Yet, barring approval of a constitutional amendment Aug. 2, it could become one of… Read More

July 12, 2022
Culture
Kansas pro-lifers fighting vandals, thieves, misinformation to restore abortion regulation authority to lawmakers Aug. 2

Evidence of pro-abortion vandalism in Kansas (photos collected by KSNT). Kansas is suddenly ground zero in the abortion fight, and there’s a ground war to… Read More

July 6, 2022
Courts, Culture, Opinion
Biden’s smear of Supreme Court on foreign soil a disgrace to the nation, a disservice to its intricate design

In defaming the U.S. Supreme Court – in front of an overseas audience – for its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Joe… Read More

July 4, 2022
Culture
Attack on GOP office in Kansas widens the Left’s war on conservatives after Roe

A brazen vandalism of a Republican headquarters in the heart of Kansas may signal a widening war against conservatives after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. In two separate incidents… Read More

July 1, 2022
Courts, Culture
Silent prayer in public is protected by the Constitution, US Supreme Court rules in coach prayer case

The government cannot punish its employees or anyone else for silent prayer, even at public events and facilities, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled… Read More

June 27, 2022