Caroline Downey is a staff writer for National Review.
Caroline Downey
Caroline Downey connects today's culture to eternal truth, providing the grounded perspective for every generation.
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Ryan Reynolds Is Completely Wrong About the 1980s
Ryan Reynolds says the 1980s were a “brutal” and frightening time — but does that version of the decade hold up? National Review’s Caroline Downey examines Reynolds’s comments about ’80s nostalgia, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Reagan-era economy, and the final years of the Cold War. Was nostalgia hiding the darker side of the 1980s, or is Reynolds overlooking a decade of economic growth, renewed American confidence, and the Soviet Union’s decline?
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