James Joseph Lippard (born 1965) is an American

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and activist

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.Lippard, Jim
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/ref> Lippard works for

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as its head of information security. He founded the ''Phoenix Skeptics'' in 1985 and was its executive director until 1988, and edited ''The Arizona Skeptic'' from 1991–1993. He is the former president (2003–2005) of the ''

Internet Infidels Internet Infidels, Inc. is a Colorado Springs, Colorado-based nonprofit educational organization founded in 1995 by Jeffery Jay Lowder and Brett Lemoine. Its mission is to use the Internet to promote a view that supernatural forces or entities do n ...

'' and former webmaster for the

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(1994 to 1997). Lippard is the author of ''The Fabulous Prophecies of the Messiah'' on the

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, and a contributor to Ed Babinski's ''Leaving the Fold: Testimonies of Former Fundamentalists'', to

Joe Nickell Joe Nickell (born December 1, 1944) is an American skeptic and investigator of the paranormal. Nickell is senior research fellow for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and writes regularly for their journal, ''Skeptical Inquirer''. He is also ...

's ''Psychic Sleuths: ESP and Sensational Cases'',

Gordon Stein Gordon Stein (April 30, 1941 – August 27, 1996) was an American author, physiologist, and activist for atheism and religious skepticism. Biography Stein was born in New York to Jewish parents, and from an early age took an interest in science ...

's ''Encyclopedia of the Paranormal'', and to

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and ''Reports of the National Center for Science Education''.

Popular culture

Lippard was portrayed by actor James Lloyd Reynolds in a 2018 episode of the American TV series ''Homeland'' titled "Useful Idiot.""Homeland (TV Series) , Useful Idiot (2018) , James Lloyd Reynolds: Jim Lippard."
(Season 7, Episode 9). ''

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References

External links

Official website
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Personal homepage
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The Lippard Blog
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