If you’re a faithful reader of this newspaper you know that I’ve spent the last few weeks working in the Dayton Chamber of Commerce office while we – the board of directors – recruit a new executive director. (And if you’re not a faithful reader, thanks for checking in anyway.)

You’ve also probably noticed that I haven’t been contributing a whole lot of writing to these pages recently.

I’ve been extremely fortunate to have a staff that is smart, talented and dedicated enough to put out an excellent paper without much help from me. But that situation is changing, as all situ...