Debatable: Blah, blah, blah. The Republicans debated in Houston last night. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz tried to make Donald Trump bleed, at times resulting in the candidates shouting over each other in a cacophony of accusations and denials. Blah, …

Poll-itics: Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has pulled to within a horse length of Donald Trump in the latest New York Times/CBS News poll of Republican voters. The Poll puts Carson at 23 percent to Trump’s 27, a 17-point gain for …

SkyFall: China stocks slowed their slide today, but still closed off by 1.3 percent. Futures indicate that the American markets will open higher, but they also did that yesterday and it was a false promise. The Down Jones averages opened …