Op-Eds

This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in the Baptist Message on March 28, 2019.   From Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s endorsement of infanticide to New...

This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in Houma Today on March 28, 2019.   Our fishermen and shrimpers are hurting despite producing the best seafood in the...

This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in The New Orleans Advocate on Jan. 21, 2019.   For years, I’ve pleaded with Medicaid administrators to help control the...

This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in USA Today on Jan. 3, 2019.   Too often overlooked in the push to rewrite our gun laws is the irony of expecting evil to...

This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in The Advocate on Nov. 26, 2018.    A recent column by Lanny Keller lamented a drop in the number of...

This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in Houma Today on Sept. 6, 2018.    Not long ago, I got a letter from a tiny town in southeast Louisiana. The...

There are certain things that deserve respect and appreciation, and a memorial dedicated to those who died fighting for our country is one of those things.  The Bladensburg peace cross in...

In the popular 1960s TV show Dragnet (perhaps America’s first realistic cop show), police Sgt. Joe Friday always cautioned witnesses he wanted “just the facts.”  The phrase “just the facts,...

Re: "If mass shooters slaughtered dogs, then maybe Sen. John Kennedy would act," NOLA.com, March 16Jarvis DeBerry's column criticizes me for filing legislation after the death of a dog in...

This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in The New Orleans Advocate on Feb. 28, 2018.    We're a little more than six weeks into 2018, and 39 people...