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.

Opinion
The Do-It-Yourself Potentate: 10 Easy Things You Can Do to Save America

(Editor’s note: This is the 10th of 10 articles serializing Executive Editor Michael Ryan’s ebook YouRule: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You Can Do About It.)… Read More

September 3, 2024
Culture
Kansas City author presents tragic other side to Jan. 6 story in dramatic CSPAN2 book presentation

Author Jack Cashill’s new book ASHLI profiles 10 of the many women who protested what they believed was a stolen election on Jan. 6, 2021. Of the 10, two died… Read More

August 30, 2024
Opinion
They’re trying to sell you government-packaged ‘joy’. Don’t buy it; that’s not where it comes from

Buying into the Democratic National Convention theme of “hope and joy” has to be like trying to chew a meringue topping: it’s sweet and all, but once you bite down,… Read More

August 29, 2024
Opinion
YouRule!: Here’s an amazing story that will curl your toes and get you ‘properly astonished’ about America

(Editor’s note: This is the 9th of 10 articles serializing Executive Editor Michael Ryan’s ebook YouRule: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You Can Do About It.)… Read More

August 29, 2024
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Jacob Baker deftly steers students through jagged straits of science, faith

That frightful day his public school was closing for COVID, teacher Jacob Baker organized an impromptu prayer session for any staff who wanted to stop by his classroom on the… Read More

August 27, 2024