Help Robert Lancaster and his Family

Robert Lancaster is a wonderful man. He is kind, gentle, funny and smart. I first encountered Robert a couple of years ago at The Amaz!ng Meeting in Las Vegas. He was doing a paper presentation in an overfilled room and was talking about his website StopKaz.com. Dr. Kaz deMille-Jacobsen" had been speaking at various church and community functions in Southern California, telling a made-up story of her narrow escape from death in the September 11th, 2001 attack on the North Tower of the World Trade Center, her subsequent months in a coma, and her miraculous recovery from wounds received in the attack. She spoke at Robert's mom's church and Robert decided to investigate.

What followed was a case study in skeptical activism. He set up StopKaz.com to provide information and updates about what he had discovered. He basically shredded this woman's false credibility and effectively stopped her from taking money from more well-meaning people.

He then turned his sights onto noted psychic Sylvia Browne. That fight is still going although Robert has made huge strides and many of Sylvia's former followers have stopped believing her, thanks to Robert. Go to the site and see some of the stories Robert has and the detailed research he has done to debunk this woman's so-called powers.

In the past few years, I have seen Robert at several of the JREF events and chatted with him on the JREF Forum. I consider him to be a friend and a personal hero so I was shocked and saddened to hear that he had suffered a major stroke a few weeks ago. Robert is doing OK but he has a long road ahead before he makes a recovery.

Several of the JREF forum folks have put together a site to collect donations to help Robert's family with the medical expenses they will encounter. If you know of Robert's work or Robert himself, you won't hesitate for a moment. Donate and help give this great man one less thing to worry about on his road to recovery. Also, check out the JREF forum thread here where his wife Susan has been posting about his progress.