About Marc Dion

Marc Dion

Marc Dion

Marc Munroe Dion—award-winning veteran reporter and Pulitzer Price-nominated newspaper columnist—is an old-school newsman who fell out of a Frank Capra movie, complete with pipe and fedora. Born in the struggling former cotton mill town of Fall River, Mass., Dion’s sense of humor sounds more like a barroom than a newsroom, and his political observations are more concerned with issues than political parties. Dion’s column, “Living and Dion,” has appeared in The Herald News for 24 years.

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Making a Bet in the Big Casino Sep 18, 2026

When it came to how I was gonna die, I split my bet. I put some money on cancer because it's got good odds. I also got money down on civil war because there's a lot of buzz about civil war. That kind of thing will move the betting line. You get in ea... Read More

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Don't Let the Terrorists Win Sep 11, 2026

I was working at a medium-sized city newspaper on Sept. 11, 2001. No one had stormed the Capitol yet, there had been no George Floyd riots, we hadn't started the war we were going to lose in Afghanistan, and ICE hadn't killed anyone in the street. My... Read More

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Oh, Baby! You Stink! Sep 04, 2026

When I was in high school, a girl I was going out with said she was first attracted to me by the way my hair curled over my shirt collar in the back. She sat behind me in math class. I spent the next five years of my life turning my back on girls so ... Read More

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Dolly's Dead and the Woods Are On Fire Aug 28, 2026

AI ain't ever gonna use an outhouse, but Dolly Parton used one. That was back in the days when living "off the grid" wasn't a moral decision, but just meant that the grid didn't give a damn about where you were, and you couldn't afford it if it found... Read More