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
Ten Commandments ruling proves we can’t count on public schools to revive morality in America

Christian parents at their wits’ end with schools’ sexual and racial indoctrination of their children should be waking up to a mournful reality: It’s a fool’s errand to rely on… Read More

June 24, 2025
Government
Another state calls up National Guard for anti-ICE protests

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has called up the National Guard in case anti-ICE protests here turn violent as with the Los Angeles riots. Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas immediately responded … Read More

June 13, 2025
Government
Missouri lawmakers ask state’s U.S. senators to pass Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill with urgency

Republicans in the Missouri House and Senate sent separate but identical letters Wednesday to the state’s two U.S. senators exhorting them to pass President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill with urgency. Read More

June 12, 2025
Government
Sen. Schmitt now seeking to raise tax sixfold on immigrant money wires after Mexican leaders’ threats, derision

The potential cost to Mexicans from the immigration riots – as well as from threats and scoffing by Mexican leaders – may be going up. After Mexican flags flew and… Read More

June 11, 2025
Opinion
Op-Ed: What’s behind the anti-ICE riots and how they’re backfiring big-time

The best way to fully understand the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles and elsewhere is to: educate yourself apart from the liberal, lapdog Democrat media think this through logically Let’s… Read More

June 10, 2025