Frank Meyer - Citizendia

For other persons named Frank Straus Meyer, see Frank Straus Meyer (disambiguation).

Frank Straus Meyer (1909 – 1972) was a libertarian political philosopher and co-founding editor of the National Review magazine. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Libertarianism is a term used by a broad spectrum of political philosophies which prioritize individual Liberty and seek to minimize or even abolish the National Review ( NR) is a biweekly Magazine and Web site, founded by the late author William F

Frank S. Meyer was born to a prominent Jewish business family in Newark, New Jersey. Newark is the largest city in New Jersey, United States and the County seat of Essex County. He attended Princeton University for one year but was displeased by the antisemitism and snobbery he found there. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility He then transferred to Balliol College at Oxford University. Balliol College (ˈbeɪlɪəl founded in 1263 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the He later studied at the London School of Economics. The London School of Economics and Political Science, more commonly referred to as The London School of Economics or LSE, is a specialist college of the

Meyer was an active communist early in life before his conversion to conservatism and his joining of National Review. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based National Review ( NR) is a biweekly Magazine and Web site, founded by the late author William F As a conservative, Meyer---like many of the magazine's founding senior editors an ex-Communist---was a close adviser to and confidant of founder/editor William F. Buckley, Jr.. William Frank Buckley Jr ( November 24 1925 – February 27 2008) was an American Author and conservative

In the late 1960's, Meyer engaged in a debate over the role of Abraham Lincoln with conservative Harry V. Jaffa. Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal Harry V Jaffa (born 1918 is a Conservative Author and distinguished fellow of the Claremont Institute, a California Think tank. Meyer argued that Lincoln's abuses of civil liberties and expansion of government power should make him anathema to conservatives, while Jaffa defended Lincoln as a continuation of the Founding Fathers. thumb| |Broken Liberty Istanbul Archaeology Museum Civil liberties are freedoms that protect the Individual from the Government. The Founding Fathers of the United States are the Political leaders who signed the Declaration of Independence or otherwise participated in the [1]

Meyer is best known for his theory of "fusionism" - a political philosophy that unites elements of libertarianism and conservatism. Fusionism is an American political term for the combination or "fusion" of Libertarians and traditional conservatives in the American conservative movement Libertarianism is a term used by a broad spectrum of political philosophies which prioritize individual Liberty and seek to minimize or even abolish the Conservatism in the United States includes a variety of political ideologies including Fiscal conservatism, Supply-side economics, Social conservatism (Murray Rothbard argued, however, that Meyer's fusionism was actually the natural law-natural rights branch of libertarian thought that Rothbard and others followed. Murray Newton Rothbard (March 2 1926 – January 7 1995 was an American economist of the Austrian School who helped define modern Libertarianism ) Meyer's philosophy was presented in two books, In Defense of Freedom and a collection of his essays, The Conservative Affirmation. It was reviewed affirmatively by journalist Ryan Sager in 2007's The Elephant in the Room: Evangelicals, Libertarians, and the Battle for the Soul of the Republican Party, in which Sager called for a principled revival of Meyer's fusionism to save the embattled party following its 2006 electoral defeats.

Known in conservative and libertarian circles for his nocturnal lifestyle---Buckley among others has recalled (in Miles Gone By: A Literary Autobiography) that Meyer would sleep by day and be on the phone by night on behalf of his journalism and activism---Meyer married the former Elsie Bown. They had two sons, John and Eugene. The latter is president of the Federalist Society. The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, most frequently called simply the Federalist Society, is an organization of Conservatives and Libertarians

Frank Meyer died of lung cancer in 1972.

Works

The Moulding of Communists: the training of the Communist cadre (1961)
In Defense of Freedom (1962)
Left, Right and Center: Essays on Liberalism and Conservatism in the United States (1965)
The Conservative Affirmation (1969)

Works

See also