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
Conservative KC college student tells of attempt to cancel her, urges others to stand up, speak out

Speak up without fear, young conservatives. That’s the hard-earned lesson from Richelle Wagner, a conservative student at Johnson County Community College in the Kansas City area, who says she was… Read More

May 29, 2025
Courts
Judge’s lifting of Missouri abortion ban, restrictions, struck down

The Missouri Supreme Court Tuesday reinstated the state’s ban on most abortions, ruling that a judge’s earlier orders to the contrary were in error. Voters narrowly approved a constitutional amendment… Read More

May 27, 2025
Politics
25th Amendment should’ve been used to remove Biden from the start, Sen. Hawley argues

Joe Biden never had the capacity to be president and should’ve been removed early on in his tenure despite the media coverup of his health, argues Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. Read More

May 22, 2025
Government
Congressional Republicans working hard to deliver Trump agenda despite conservative doubt, Sen. Schmitt says

Conservatives on X are blasting what they see as a do-nothing Republican Congress endangering a popular GOP president’s bold agenda. “Predicting the midterms is easy,” writes Phillip Buchanan who, as X… Read More

May 15, 2025
Courts
New conservative judges in Missouri could be ray of hope in ending liberal judicial activism, Sen. Hawley argues

Four new conservative federal judges in Missouri can be the beginning of the end to rogue liberal judges pretending they’re president, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. Meanwhile, the end of… Read More

May 9, 2025