A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Several states have already passed laws or are planning to enact new mandates that would prohibit the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035 as a means of saving the planet from being destroyed by climate change. “Our cars shouldn’t...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: On Wednesday, the nation will observe the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. For this column, I would like to call attention to another anniversary related to the late president. On this date in 1962, Kennedy issued...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: This weekend, there was a surplus amount of news reports about San Francisco’s preparations for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which will include a high-stakes meeting between President Biden and the Chinese leader Xi Jinping....
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: I just did a Google News search for the phrase “real estate” and I came up with a remarkable collection of headlines from major news outlets. These headlines and their sources included the following: “After a $1.8 billion verdict, the clock is...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Over the weekend, social media was aflutter with a posting by the Beverly Hills real estate developer Mohamed Hadid, who has 1.3 million Instagram followers. While Hadid is highly respected in the real estate world, a lot of his social media...
Years ago, when I was working for the American Bankers Association’s monthly magazine, a vendor company serving the financial services industry sent a fencing foil to our office as a promotional gift. My boss received the gift and spent much of the day running...