About 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.

They're Barney Frank Hot Dogs... May 22, 2026

Nobody expected Barney Frank to show up at the event. He came by because it was in his district and he'd been in his district all day, and he had time to come meet some people, and he'd donated a couple hundred bucks to the event, and they'd used it ... Read More

Digging to China May 15, 2026

My ancestors, and by that I mean one or two generations ago, intersected with Chinese culture in three ways. One was Chinese food. One was the Chinese laundry. The last was fireworks. My father was a tenement kid in a Massachusetts cotton mill city, ... Read More

What the Heart Wants May 08, 2026

I come from a long line of medical surprise artists. The men in the Dion family are winning fistfights into their early 60s. Somewhere between the ages of 68 and 72, we go to St. Anne's Hospital. Shortly after that, we go to Notre Dame Cemetery where... Read More

$4.39 a Gallon and a $6 Breakfast May 01, 2026

The kid behind the counter, a kid with strong black dreads fountaining out of the top of his visor, says "That'll be $6.42." I give him my debit card. I went to bed last night with $0.65 in my checking account, but this column pays by the quarter, an... Read More

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