The Pine Needle Magazine is a cultural journal, publishing extended essays, features, fiction, and commentary that reach beyond the typical forms and approaches of a newspaper.
Home Economics classes are a common target for advocates of women’s advancement, but a better strategy than attacking the classes would be to embrace their origin. Continue reading The Liberating Power of Home Ec
People must understand, there’s something about the N-word. Continue reading The N-Word
Fahrenheit 451 depicts a sobering, dystopian world of the future, but is Ray Bradbury’s world as fictional as we think it is? Are we making it come true? Continue reading The Parasitism of Technology
The trajectories of Sonny Liston’s and Cassius Clay’s careers after their famous fight present a case study of how winners and losers are made. Continue reading Winners and Losers
The effects of music on a human being are various and important. The effects of creating music are particularly beneficial. Continue reading The Power of Music
The story of ice cream connects some of the great names in history, from Renaissance Italy to the United States Revolution. Continue reading A Brief History of Ice Cream
