Going Benedict, Orthodox Jewish Style

In Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, characters “go Galt” by disappearing into a valley, Galt's Gulch, when society proves incompatible with living and working according to the principles of a free economy. Today, with every attack on the faithful—from challenges against bakers in courtrooms, to the mob that stripped Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich of his job, to the transgender school mandate the Obama administration enacted before leaving office—it's clear there is a cultural tide working against people of faith in our country. Rand's characters go Galt for economic reasons. Readers of a new book by Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option, may decide to “go Benedict,” dropping out of society in some fashion, for religious and moral reasons.