X marks the spot where the hopes of the forgotten lie buried. Judging by Google searches, the world is less than half as interested in Generation X—people born between 1965 and 1980—than in millennials, Gen Zers or baby-boomers. Our article shows how Gen Xers are not just overlooked but cursed.

In Russia an entitled baby-boomer, Vladimir Putin, will be having fun tomorrow at a big military parade in Moscow. The pageantry may be a sign less of overweening might than of hidden weakness. But as our leader explains, Russia is rearming fast, and will remain a serious threat to western Europe.