(The Belgian Terror attacks.)As I watch the American electoral process and the concurrent fight against terrorism,I cannot fail to notice one item that is rarely addressed.”The search for meaning!” If you listen to the “democratic” politicians most of the discourse is about getting more and better jobs.Even the better ones,like Bernie Sanders,cannot get beyond some kind of economic justice.Is that all there is to life-good jobs for everyone.I call this the “meaningfulness deficit”.And it is much more serious than the economic deficit.Yes,the terrorists are wrong,and yes they have an heretical understanding of Islam.But they are searching for something that they are not getting in our wonderful; secular democracies.and they are willing to pay with their lives for their search.We better learn how to provide meaning in more healthy ways.And,sorry, but a Bachelors degree or even a doctorate(academic achievement as meaning) will not do it!