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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Unsmart Venezuela Jan 09, 2026

There's no such thing as a "smart bomb" because bombs don't ask questions. "You're not dropping me there," no bomb ever said. "There's kids down there." But there are smart people, and this is one hell of a time to be smart. After the United States b... Read More

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How To Fight a War, American Style Jan 02, 2026

No matter how terrible a thing you do, if you do it over and over again, a pattern will emerge. So, the serial killer picks up young prostitutes, strangles them in his car and dumps them on the side of gravel roads. He does this while thinking of his... Read More

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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