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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Home for Christmas Dec 24, 2025

I'm 7 years old. We live in a white two-story house we rent on General Cobb Street in a small manufacturing city called Taunton, Massachusetts. I live with my parents, Peg and Gene, my big boxer dog, Joey, and my grandmother, Munroe, who has a bad he... Read More

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An Espresso on the Coldest Day Dec 19, 2025

I'm a Rhode Islander, but I don't live in Providence. I live in one of the towns in the state, but I can drive to Providence in maybe 40 minutes, because you can drive from nearly anyplace in Rhode Island to any other place in Rhode Island in 40 minu... Read More

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Coffee for Black People? Nice Trade, Bro! Dec 12, 2025

The last time I ordered a $12 coffee, the nice woman behind the coffee bar made me show her the money first. "Yeah?" I said. "Then why don't you get those gay pride colored biscotti outta here, and the churros?" Not that I go out for coffee all that ... Read More

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The Smell of Maple and Light in the Darkness Dec 05, 2025

"You're a columnist," the wing-tipped, gray-haired inner voice bellows. "Write about politics. Write about impending disaster. The Federal Reserve Bank. Gunfire. Donald Trump." "It's almost Christmas," my 8-year-old self says. "Write about Frosty the... Read More