Are the red and blue traffic arrows on our hub account pages accurately reporting traffic?

Yes, though it may not be traffic specif to your hubs but rather traffic around the keywords that involve your hubs...

OK- You are getting traffic now because I commented here and clicked on your profile picture and went to your Hubs.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.