Sylvia Browne is one of the biggest names in the psychic world today. Until its cancellation, she was a weekly guest on the Montel Williams show, counseling audience members on the usual gamut of psychic issues. She's had some high-profile missteps, especially in the case of Shawn Hornbeck, a kidnapped boy who she proclaimed had been murdered. Hornbeck was later found alive.

Robert Lancaster is a skeptic. Since November 2006, he's been maintaining stopsylvia.com, a compilation of Browne's mistaken predictions, false statements, and poor treatment of her admirers. From the beginning, Lancaster has managed to stay factual yet fascinating. Just by providing a place for people to read the truth about Browne, Lancaster has saved many from turning over their hard-earned cash to a woman whose psychic abilities are at best unproven. In the process, he and Browne have engaged in various battles culminating in a dramatic face-to-face confrontation. All throughout, he kept his cool. He's one of my skeptical role models.

Lancaster suffered a stroke a few weeks ago and is currently in the hospital, recovering. His friends have set up a fund called Skeptics Unite to help with his medical expenses. I encourage everyone here to have a look at stopsylvia.com and consider a donation to Skeptics Unite.

Update: A domain squatter grabbed "stopsylviabrowne.com". I've updated the links to stopsylvia.com, which is now the right URL.