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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Tired of Deportation Nov 28, 2025

Deportations continue in America, and news organizations continue to do stories. Conservative organizations do stories about the immigrant with 16 arrests in 10 years, and how wonderful it is that he's been zip-tied and thrown on a plane home. Their ... Read More

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Yo, Piggy! Nov 21, 2025

"Yo! Fat Girl! C'mere. Are ya ticklish?" So rapped the late rapper Humpty Hump, describing a good opening line to use on women who aren't a Size 4. Maybe it worked for him. Who knows? And, yo, if you can't say stuff like that, are you really a rapper... Read More

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Excuse Donald Trump Nov 14, 2025

The new cognitive test for sitting presidents is not "Can you put the square peg in the square hole?" but "Can you put your tongue in a seventh grader's mouth?" If newly released emails from famous dead child molester Jeffrey Epstein can be believed,... Read More

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The Mamdani Latte Nov 07, 2025

"Put a little extra caramel on that latte," I told the young woman at Dunkin' Donuts. "If you know what I mean." "Sure," she said, drizzling a little more caramel on the mountain of whipped cream that topped my decaf white chocolate latte. Maybe she ... Read More