Commentary Is a country that rewards failure, corruption, and deceit destined to fail? This disquieting question comes to mind when one considers how members of the commanding heights of society have increasingly failed—at least on the merits—upwards. Some recent news items illustrate this point. The Biden administration has seen a number of its nominees confirmed, with varying Republican support, in spite of their checkered records. Samantha Power, the former Obama administration United Nations Ambassador, was found to have made several hundred seemingly unjustifiable unmasking requests—exposing the name of someone incidentally recorded by government surveillance—and apparently lied about one such series of requests, regarding Gen. Mike Flynn, in testimony to Congress. Her inglorious record spans from our shores, to Israel, Syria, and well beyond the Levant. Power was rewarded by being confirmed to head the U.S. Agency for International Development. She is likely to be seated on the National Security Council. …