The Moralist — Wednesday, 13 May 2026

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Articles #

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War at Sea Threatens the Global Family Table #

Qu Dongyu stood in Rome on Thursday and spoke of a coming silence in the world’s fields. The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization warned that a global fertilizer shortage, triggered by the ongoing blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, is no longer a matter of distant geopolitics. It is a direct assault on the soil that feeds us. According to the United Nations, global oil inventories have plunged by nearly five million barrels every day since March, leaving…

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Pope Pleads for Peace in Ancient Pompeii #

Pope Leo XIV knelt before the Madonna at a sanctuary in Naples on Friday to mark the first anniversary of his election. In the shadow of the ancient ruins of Pompeii, the American-born pontiff looked out at the faithful and issued a sharp rebuke to the logic of modern warfare.…

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Corporations Replace Discipline With a Weight Loss Pill #

Maziar Mike Doustdar sat before a screen of rising stock charts on Wednesday and celebrated a new era of metabolic management. The Novo Nordisk executive announced that one million patients have begun taking the company’s new weight-loss pill in just sixteen weeks. This oral version of semaglutide has already generated…

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Artists Fight to Keep the Human Soul in Cinema #

Duncan Crabtree-Ireland walked out of negotiations this week with a contract intended to save the human face from the machine. The SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator announced a new four-year deal with…

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Supreme Court Ends Divisive Racial Labeling in Voting #

The U.S. Supreme Court took a significant step toward a colorblind future on Monday by vacating a lower court order in Alabama. The justices ruled 6-3 that the state could…

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Federal Rot Exposed in Student Visa and Disaster Fraud #

Todd Lyons stood before a podium on Tuesday and described a “magnet for fraud” that has compromised the integrity of the American border. The acting director of U.S. Immigration and…

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In Brief #

South Korea Sentences Insurrectionist Former Leader

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s administration faced a final reckoning as an appeals court reduced the sentence of ex-Prime Minister Han Duck-soo to 15 years for his role in a 2024 martial law attempt. The court upheld convictions for attempting to cut off utilities to critical media outlets during the short-lived insurrection.

World Cup Security Plans Exclude ICE Presence

Officials for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Houston confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement will not be present at matches at NRG Stadium. Despite projections of an $80 billion economic windfall, the decision reflects a shift in security priorities for the upcoming 104-match tournament.

Australian Migration Numbers Hit Record Highs

New federal budget figures in Australia show that net overseas migration has exceeded expectations for another consecutive year. The blowout has sparked a political backlash, with critics arguing the government is prioritizing future votes over the stability of the local housing market.