Brooks is from the monarchist wing of the movement that desires, above all else, a philosopher-king.
People like Brooks and Will and Noonan actually think that they are folowing the traditions of the beloved Bill Buckley whose demeanor seemed to wreak of anti populism. However they forget his famous dictum, “I would rather be governed by the first 200 people in the Boston phone book than the faculty of Harvard.” Clearly these three and others would turn the job over to harvard.