Obama is the King of " Do as I say....not as I do " I.E. - Obama is opposed to the concept of armed security guards in our children's schools BUT Obama's daughters attend a private school which does have armed security guards in it.
I think there will be spending cuts, the year is young. The GOP in congress will probably want to wait until they can take the most credit for them, while Obama wants to do the same. If there isn't spending cuts before say April, though it would be total shame for all parties, and I hope they all get the boot, of course it still hardly matters because there's still only 2 choices.
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.