Here is a link to my 45th column on Quartz, “Actually, there was some real policy in Obama’s speech.”

I briefly considered titling this post “The 2014 State of the Union Hints at Shifts in the Overton Window.” I say a bit about the “Overton window" in my post "The Overton Window.” In brief, the “Overton window” is the set of “respectable" policies that are discussed by actual politicians and those closely associated with them.