Wokkel is the future of twisted words. Metajack wrote a really nice blog post on getting started.
I have written a simple Jabber bot (and thus Google talk bot) using the xmpppy library, which works well. The examples on xmpppy should get you started (specifically bot.py).
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.