Michael A. McLaughlin, DVM

California reporter Rick Romero is often good-naturedly credited with filing incredibly obvious news flashes on the hilarious website fark.com.

Werewolves and vampires are so yesterday! The new hotness is the slow-moving, non-critical, unthinking, inflexible, life-altering zombie. Actually, zombies are quite real and are created every day through an administrative action commonly called the "Zero-Tolerance Policy" or ZTP.

Today's veterinary students just don't have the same drive and determination as the Baby Boomers have.

An author once suggested that neither gender was indigenous to Earth, each having arrived from a different planet with divergent philosophies. My observation suggests a similar dichotomy between groups of pet owners and veterinarians.

I realized that humanity probably really is getting dumber and the reason may be the very technology that promised to improve our lives.

Read Dr. Michael A. McLaughlin's commentary on veterinarian-client relations.

How much a client will pay for a given service follows a time-tested formula.

While some vets are convinced that emulating medical doctors is the salvation of veterinary medicine, some medical doctors aspire to practice like veterinarians.

Limited licensure is not exactly a revolutionary concept.