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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Alex Pretti Had a Gun Jan 30, 2026

"I've seen plenty of guys die with a gun in their hand." A guy older than I was said that to me in a bar maybe 25 years ago. He was almost, but not quite, drunk, and we were talking about the number of friends I had who kept a gun to repel burglars, ... Read More

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Who Won the 1942 World Series? Jan 23, 2026

I always thought I was safe from police harassment while driving because my car wasn't a junk, I'm white, and if you pulled me over, I had the country station on my radio. I'm older now, and I figured that made me even safer. I'm still white, I drive... Read More

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Fentanyl and the Flag: Numb Nation Jan 16, 2026

The news stories say people don't go out as much as they used to before Amazon.com. Before COVID-19. Before "remote days." Before. Before. Before. People drink less alcohol, I read. Some studies say young people aren't having as much sex as they did ... Read More

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Unsmart Venezuela Jan 09, 2026

There's no such thing as a "smart bomb" because bombs don't ask questions. "You're not dropping me there," no bomb ever said. "There's kids down there." But there are smart people, and this is one hell of a time to be smart. After the United States b... Read More