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Ryan Ries
Ryan Ries

Ryan Ries

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Ryan Ries
Ryan Ries
Nov 16, 2016 · 20 min read

America’s Great Reckoning

I was wrong.

As I watched the returns come in on Election Night, my mindset went from confidence to creeping anxiety to disbelief to dread to just numb shock. Because I had convinced myself Clinton would win. It was easy. For the week leading up to Election…

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Ryan Ries
Ryan Ries
Oct 3, 2015 · 5 min read

The Pincher

Lyle worked the night shift in a millwork factory, manning a machine nicknamed the Pincher. Everyone hated the Pincher. On the day shift they kept going through operators. Before Lyle, the longest anyone else had lasted on the Pincher was two years. At least that was how the story went. Lyle hated the…

Ryan Ries
Ryan Ries
Oct 3, 2015 · 11 min read

The Bus Station

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He arrives alone, with a shiny suitcase and a limp in his left leg. His jeans are ringed with snow at the ankles, his face pink and damp. He checks the large clock above the ticket booth. Ah, but no need: he is not confined to a schedule.