What is Joseph Overton?
'''Joseph Overton''' was a [[libertarian]] political commentator. He is known for having come up with the idea of the [[Overton Window]] a [[theory]] about how political ideas that were once unacceptable become mainstream or how ones that were once mainstream become unacceptable. Overton came up with the idea to explain the need for [[think tank]]s like the one where he worked. Overton had [[Lawrence Reed]] as the best man at his [[wedding]] in 2003 and Overton and his [[wife]] died in a [[plane]] [[accident]] a few [[month]]s later. {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Overton, Joseph}} [[Category:Political commentators]] [[Category:Libertarians]]