At a time when to fight or not to fight has become a burning question, these essays are particularly interesting, and will delight and madden any reader with party ties — be they church, state or "isms" — for nothing escapes Dr. Niebuhr's fluent pen and merciless attack. In fact, my own criticism would be that the author has allowed himself to be carried away by his own sarcasm and wit, and sometimes misses the bus in his efforts to ridicule.