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.

Prairie Fire Mar 20, 2026

There are about 420 people in Arthur County, Nebraska, out in the western part of the state, spread out over 715,152 square miles. The county seat, and the county's only incorporated town, is a town called Arthur, and about 130 people call that villa... Read More

Pizza Empire Mar 13, 2026

I counted 26 varieties of frozen pizza for sale in my local grocery store last Tuesday. Can you tell I'm semiretired? But first, let's explain my methodology. I wasn't in the biggest grocery store in this area. I was in a midsize grocery store. I did... Read More

Big Beautiful Death Triumph Warrior Mar 06, 2026

The two atomic bombs dropped on Japan by the United States of America were code-named "Fat Man" and "Little Boy." You'd give those names to your cats. "The calico is 'Fat Man,' you'd tell a visitor to your house. "The gray one peeking out from under ... Read More

It's Still Snowing Feb 27, 2026

I'm writing in the worst part of a blizzard. What a satisfying, heroic way to start a newspaper column. I'm not kidding, either. Here in Tiverton, Rhode Island, on the shores of Narragansett Bay, hard by the Massachusetts line, we've got more than 2 ... Read More

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