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.

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

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

Who Gets the Keys to the Car? Apr 10, 2026

When I was younger, it was pretty easy to believe that only white countries should have a nuclear bomb. When you looked at the white countries, the guy (and it was always a guy) in charge wore a nice suit, and he'd been to college, and there were pic... Read More

Nostalgia for a Slap Apr 03, 2026

It's April 1, the day when guys my age finally stop writing 2025 on their checks. I only wrote two checks this month. One was to my dentist because he still sends me a paper bill with a return envelope, and one was to a company that sells me sausage ... Read More

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