Lake Woebegone part I

Lake Woebegone refers of course to Garrison Keillor’s fictional location in Minnesota. Keillor has been in the news lately, apparently recovering from a stroke and providing a reasonable opportunity to highlight the Lake Woebegone Effect (henceforth “LWE”). In fictional Lake Woebegone, “all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.”