A Phil Hall Op-Ed: On Feb. 9, 1950, the Republican Women’s Club of Wheeling, West Virginia, invited Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin to provide the keynote speech for its Lincoln Day event. McCarthy shocked his audience – and, quickly afterwards, the nation –...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: The legendary showman PT Barnum is credited with the saying “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” Having run my own New York City-based public relations agency for 10 years, I would amend that remark to read as follows: “There is no such...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: President Trump made history last night when he announced he was firing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook based on a criminal referral made by Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, that claimed Cook engaged in mortgage fraud...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Earlier today, the irrepressible Bill Pulte checked into his second home on X and alerted the 3 million folks following his personal account to consider the following observation: “Fate hates hypocrisy.” Now, what exactly is the director of the...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: The official duties of the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) involves the regulation of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the 11 Federal Home Loan Banks. It is not a law enforcement job, nor does this position involve choosing who...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Yesterday, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte posted a message on his X page that he was soon to be the subject of spurious coverage from one of the nation’s most influential newspapers. “The Washington Post, like...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of March 23-27
