I meant to note this last night when I got home, but better late than never.

While Arthur Laurents’s comments at the close of his tribute at the William Inge Theatre Festival may have been well-received by most of the audience, the chances are that liberalism will not overwhelm Independence, Kansas. After all, the Conventional Wisdom holds that a small town in southeast Kansas is red-state territory in microcosm. But as I was crossing the parking lot of the Apple Tree Inn to get in the rented Mustang and drive back to Tulsa, I noticed a couple of pickup trucks in the lot. They had local plates…and John Kerry for President bumperstickers.