You are correct. Gingrich's has major character issues. Conservatives have no right to lecture Democrats on family values for now.
Redemption is part of the idea. That was 12 years ago, you were not affected and Newt is sorry for what he did. If you want to go that route, we're all hypocrites.
Not one of us is perfect, and not one of us shines above the other in terms of morality or being sinless.
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.