Every wall of the house, and even an addition to the house, was lined with books. This reflected both the Meyers' great minds and Frank's work as book editor of National Review. The discussions were intense and instructive. I was going to say "enLIGHTening," but Frank was so much a night person, he hardly ever saw daylight! The talks lasted all night, over too many glasses of Dewar's.
Their two young sons, John and Gene, frequently joined the grown-up talk, or whupped their elders at chess (Gene today is an international Grand Master, John a Master). Gene is still active as founder and gray eminence of the Federalist Society. He looks just like his dad :-)
Only the Constitution separates us from anarchy or statism. When people here realize this, the libertarian-conservative wars will end.
I recently browsed the Smant biography of Meyer that I mentioned earlier at the Borders near my house. I read about Meyer being such a night person as you said. This occured because of Meyer's departure from the Communist Party. The Meyers so feared reprisal by the Party that they kept a loaded rifle near their bed for some time, and because of the resulting imsomnia, they became night people. This is another reason for me to admire him, because I'm SO not a morning person. My "best" hours are between 6 pm and 2 am.
The reason why I looked into Meyer's book finally after having it for almost 3 years was an article that was posted on FR that was written by a fellow college student named Daniel McCarthy . Titled "Crash-Course for Conservatives," it mentioned a small reading group the author had started at his school, and one of the books they read was "In Defense of Freedom." After reading about the "disagreement" the book had caused amongst the students in the group (similar to the controversy that was caused after the book was first printed), I had to read. My discovery of Meyer's writings and ideology has been rather exciting for me, since as I mentioned before, it is the closest I've seen to my own ideology. I think it will help me to tighten up and better argue my own conservatism. I am glad to consider myself a new follower of Frank Meyer.