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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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

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$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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Vote for the Buttery Past Apr 24, 2026

I was lucky enough to be born at the intersection of three great pancake traditions. My mother made the American pancake from a box mix called Bisquick, which can also be used to make biscuits and dumplings. My mother made dumplings when she made bee... Read More

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To JD Vance: Go Handle a Snake Apr 17, 2026

Catholics don't like converts, not really. We don't trust converts. Converts annoy us because no convert to Catholicism can resist finding a real Catholic and explaining the Catholic Church to him. Enter JD Vance, the latest convert to explain my own... Read More