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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The Fall of Vicksburg Jul 03, 2026

When I was 19, I knew a much older man who'd grown up in 1930s Alabama. "We didn't celebrate the Fourth of July," he told me. "For us, it was the day Vicksburg fell." Vicksburg, Mississippi, fell to Union troops on July 4, 1863. The Confederates surr... Read More

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Vandalism Jun 26, 2026

I mowed the lawn the other day. Well, I kind of mowed the lawn. I missed a lot of spots, and I didn't weedwack the borders or trim the shrubbery. Mostly, I sat on the front steps and drank beer. I drank eight beers, if you wanna count. I say that bec... Read More

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Oh! Canada! Jun 19, 2026

OK, so I'm a small-timer. This column runs in some papers around the country, but I'm not the most popular columnist this syndicate employs. I've written a few books, but none of them have been bestsellers. I've been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize ... Read More

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Self-Reliance Jun 12, 2026

I don't fix things. I'm a man. I don't fix things. I pay people to fix things, is what I do. In general, the people I pay to fix things do not fix the thing on the first try. Being unable to fix things on the first try doesn't hurt your fixing-things... Read More