The spider is a commonly seen trope through history, from its inception in the Roman legend of Arachne, who challenged the goddess Minerva to a weaving contest and transformed into a spider, to Salvador Dali's Daddy Longlegs of the Evening - Hope! (christies.com)
The equal - opportunity, granddaddy longlegs of all curmudgeons, Myron Lieberman, manages in one volume to savage teachers unions, education schools, the Education Writers Association, the New York Times, the Washington Post, education research, egalitarian school - choice proponents, and conservatives Diane Ravitch, Terry Moe, -LSB-...] (educationnext.org)
The equal - opportunity, granddaddy longlegs of all curmudgeons, Myron Lieberman, manages in one volume to savage teachers unions, education schools, the Education Writers Association, the New York Times, the Washington Post, education research, egalitarian school - choice proponents, and conservatives Diane Ravitch, Terry Moe, Frederick Hess, and Chester E. Finn Jr.. (educationnext.org)