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
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders proposes big investment in ‘promise’ of education freedom

Arkansas would invest heavily in its growing school choice program under Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ 2025-2026 budget proposal. “Budgets show our priorities and deliver on the promises we all spent… Read More

November 25, 2024
Culture
Religion – and religious education – can reduce rape, suicide, study shows 

A self-governed nation arguably begins and ends with one thing: self-governed individuals. If you can’t govern yourself and your own behavior, how can you possibly govern a nation?  Moreover, a… Read More

November 20, 2024
Courts
Kansas City teacher’s rights violated by forced trans pronoun use, ‘white shaming’ curriculum, lawsuit alleges

A Kansas City teacher who says she was punished for refusing to go along with the district’s anti-white racial and pro-trans gender indoctrination is suing her district for violations of… Read More

November 6, 2024
Government
Cuban Americans warn of communist traits washing over American government, culture

Government censorship and dependency. Religious intolerance. The jailing of political rivals and dissidents. Supply problems and emptying shelves. Unaffordable goods. Leaders lying through their teeth. Demonization by race and class. Read More

November 3, 2024
Culture
Researcher who hid futility of puberty blockers harmed children, violated public trust, watchdog says

A researcher’s hiding of a study that found no mental health improvement for minors taking puberty blockers only hurt children and parents, and bordered on malpractice. That’s the considered… Read More

October 31, 2024