Do you think family members of freaking privates who bïtch about OPSEC have a seriously overblown sense of their own importance?

If you want an intelligent breed and you have a yard and plenty of time, I'd of course say a Doberman, of American lineage. Europeans tend to still be a bit sharp. Another breed is the not- quite- as- intelligent but very trainable dog you might like would be a Dalmatian, but they can be extremely protective of what and who they perceive as theirs.

Great Danes are good, but don't live long and most have rear end weakness, so you're looking at hip problems in about 5 years. Boxers are great dogs with the best family friendly disposition of the smooth coated larger breeds. I would recommend you strongly consider The Boxer first, Doberman second and Dalmatian third.

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.