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.

The End of Dreams Jul 17, 2026

Writers are weird people, and we start out as weird kids. I was a weird kid. Worse yet, my family moved quite a bit, so I was often the weird new kid. Our last long jump of a move was from Baltimore to a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. Before that, ... Read More

The Coolest Country Jul 10, 2026

So, Belgium is cool now? Scotland's cool? What next? Everyone starts trying to act Algerian? Cool is supposed to be American territory. Vietnamese workers might be making sneakers at lightning speed for $1 a day, but who designs the sneakers? Whose b... Read More

The Fall of Vicksburg Jul 03, 2026

When I was 19, I knew a much older man who'd grown up in 1930s Alabama. "We didn't celebrate the Fourth of July," he told me. "For us, it was the day Vicksburg fell." Vicksburg, Mississippi, fell to Union troops on July 4, 1863. The Confederates surr... Read More

Vandalism Jun 26, 2026

I mowed the lawn the other day. Well, I kind of mowed the lawn. I missed a lot of spots, and I didn't weedwack the borders or trim the shrubbery. Mostly, I sat on the front steps and drank beer. I drank eight beers, if you wanna count. I say that bec... Read More

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