The Fusionist. - 'Principles and Heresies: Frank S. Meyer and the Shaping of the American Conservative Movement' - book review

National Review, June 17, 2002 by Ramesh Ponnuru

> Smant summarizes Meyer's achievement well. He does, however, leave out a nice anecdote. At one of the editorial meetings, Priscilla Buckley stepped in to defuse an argument between Meyer and Burnham. Meyer turned to her and said, "You are the grease in our crankshaft." Years later, the Washington Post wrote a story that mentioned the incident, correcting Meyer's quote to "You're the grease on the axle." The Post may have known a lot about cars, Miss Buckley remarked, but not much about Frank Meyer.