Change your thinking in just four easy steps

Things are not always what they seem. Sometimes, what we say or do seems to be the right choice when we may be wrong, or vice versa.

Four (or Five!) Reasons Why posts an entry every weekday on a culturally relevant topic, and posts short paragraphs of news items or data to back up its arguments.

For instance, a recent item dealt with how high food prices are putting the squeeze on food banks. Another item appeals to the working man or woman in all of us: Why a four-day work week and three-day weekends would be good for us and the Earth.

Environmental appeals are all the rage, but Four Reasons Why points out how some things we think of as "green" really don't help. Most of our recyclables end up in the trash. Our lifestyles and high disposable incomes promote heavy energy use and waste. And, while we know this but hate to admit it, bottled water is the new seal-clubbing.

Since it started last summer, Four Reasons Why has tackled plenty of topics. Run through them and amaze yourself.