Wobegon

Everyone today, like those above-average children of Lake Wobegon, is brilliant and sui generis.

On Poetry « Gerry Canavan 2009

Lake Wobegon is beloved by millions because we're all secretly hoping to hear more about Pastor Inqvist.

The Greats of Spoken Word 2004

People suffering from the Lake Wobegon Effect are hypocritical and hypercritical.

John B. Townsend II: The Lake Wobegon Effect and the Cell Phone Ban John B. Townsend II 2011

Far from the misty and mythic shores of Lake Wobegon, more than 3,000 persons in the real world lost their lives in distracted driving related crashes last year, according to the National Transportation Safety Board NTSB.

John B. Townsend II: The Lake Wobegon Effect and the Cell Phone Ban John B. Townsend II 2011

That's the status quo in the little town of Lake Wobegon and Garrison Keillor escorts us there each week on the popular radio series, A Prairie Home Companion.

John B. Townsend II: The Lake Wobegon Effect and the Cell Phone Ban John B. Townsend II 2011

For this reason, sooner or later, the ban will come to all 50 states, and even to places like Lake Wobegon, where all the drivers think they are above average.

John B. Townsend II: The Lake Wobegon Effect and the Cell Phone Ban John B. Townsend II 2011

They -- make that we -- suffer from "The Lake Wobegon Effect."

John B. Townsend II: The Lake Wobegon Effect and the Cell Phone Ban John B. Townsend II 2011

But that's hard to do when they are blinded by that ancient psychological reflex -- "The Lake Wobegon Effect."

John B. Townsend II: The Lake Wobegon Effect and the Cell Phone Ban John B. Townsend II 2011

But then I forget that in Lake Wobegon all Americans are above average ….

Matthew Yglesias » Head of State 2010

That's the status quo in the little town of Lake Wobegon and Garrison Keillor escorts us there each week on the popular radio series, A Prairie Home Companion.

John B. Townsend II: The Lake Wobegon Effect and the Cell Phone Ban John B. Townsend II 2011