Lake Wobegon

Dan Foote, Cranford, N.J. It's hard not to measure a writer against his or her best, and while the so-called Lake Wobegon effect suggests that in some sets everyone or thing can be above average, that's not true in real life.

Great Writers, Bad Novels 2010

The bill is being written under the draft name "Lake Wobegon," the fictional town of Minnesota radio storyteller Garrison Keillor.

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The bill is being written under the draft name "Lake Wobegon," the fictional town of Minnesota radio storyteller Garrison Keillor.

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"A Prairie Home Companion," humorist Garrison Keillor will be in "Lake Wobegon" when he reads the news from Lake Wobegon.

Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

The bill is being written under the draft name "Lake Wobegon," the fictional town of Minnesota radio storyteller Garrison Keillor.

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It wasn't even possible to poke a hole through the ice to fish in Lake Wobegon.

Robert Weller: Vivaldi Needs to Add Some Seasons Robert Weller 2011

It wasn't even possible to poke a hole through the ice to fish in Lake Wobegon.

Robert Weller: Vivaldi Needs to Add Some Seasons Robert Weller 2011

Of course, America's small-town papers aren't all crusaders; on the contrary, many are little more than boosterish advertising vehicles whose motto might be lifted from Harold Starr, the editor of the Herald-Star in Garrison Keillor's fictional Lake Wobegon.

The Reporter Next Door Daniel Akst 2011

When I tell childhood stories, my wife says it sounds like Lake Wobegon.

Ethan Casey: On Wisconsin: The View from Pakistan Ethan Casey 2011

Saying every country in the euro zone should become more competitive is like saying every child in Lake Wobegon is above-average.

Delivering a Franco-German Bouquet of Irony Alen Mattich 2011