He made it pretty clear why he did this. First, because the reality of the Pennsylvania electorate, he knew he would not win in the Republican primary. He did not say this outright, but he did say that it looked "very bleak."
He said he did not want his 30 years of service to be decided by the Republican primary electorate. In addition, he is correct in that he is not philosophically aligned with the modern Republican party. He did not appreciate the powerful Club for Growth targeting moderate Republicans, and he wanted to stand against it.
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.