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Michael Ryan

Michael Ryan is Executive Editor of The Heartlander. A Kansas City native, he’s been an award-winning reporter, editor and opinion writer at newspapers in Kansas, Missouri, Georgia and Texas.

Culture, Opinion
‘Vandalism’? No, a politically motivated arson attack on the pro-life community is an act of terror

One local news report called the perpetrators “vandals.” Likewise, the New York Times called the arson attack of a Wisconsin pro-life group “an act of vandalism,” and said… Read More

May 9, 2022
National
Hawley: Biden’s disinformation board is led by a ‘geyser of misinformation,’ and it shouldn’t even exist

The Biden administration’s new disinformation czar is, herself, a “human geyser of misinformation,” and the embryonic, misbegotten experiment in government regulation of speech should end, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley tells… Read More

May 6, 2022
Opinion
COLUMN: What’s ahead for Missouri and Kansas if Roe v. Wade is overturned, and how it differs from what you’re hearing and seeing

Regardless of our stances on abortion, they at least ought to be based on truth. But truth is often in short supply – especially now, in the hysteria following the… Read More

May 5, 2022
State Government
Wyandotte County was warned over three months ago of malware in its databases and ‘did absolutely nothing about it’

Wyandotte County IT officials were warned there was malware in their databases about three months before they alerted government leaders to a devastating ransom cyber attack, multiple sources… Read More

May 4, 2022
Opinion
COLUMN: What now, since the last branch of government with any fidelity has been infiltrated by an unscrupulous activist?

Leaks and backstabbing happen all the time in Congress. But a new line was crossed when private data from both the Trump campaign and administration was allegedly… Read More

May 3, 2022