here are some biographical tidbits and a bit more on schmitt.
http://www.generation-online.org/p/pschmitt.htm
the more you read him, the more you see the influence on john yoo, gonzalez et al.
ustwo: if you "dumb down" the list as far as you manage to, you"dumb it down" to the level of meaninglessness--which does nto surprise me in general, but almost every time you do it in particular, it does. this time, you really manage to say almost nothing at all. like there is a contest that only you are playing in.
stevo: the general discussion has happened before, but not based on this particular list of features. i have listed some before, and they were close to those in the op. if i remember, they got about the same kind of responses from the conservative set that this one is getting.