I apparently can no longer install Windows updates without converting to W10. If I don't want to switch, should I just work offline?

You are missing the code for the Artist, Album, Track name and Album Art. The link below explains what and where to insert the code your theme is missing.

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.