gob-wire.com

gob wire is a new online newsmagazine: a “gob wire” is a type of rigging that keeps a tugboat from capsizing when rescuing big, troubled ships. made of either rope or chain, one end of the wire slides freely along a tug’s towline, while the other’s affixed to the aft deck. (you can see a chain version of a gob wire in our logo above.) a gob prevents capsizing by keeping the tug or the vessel it’s towing from drifting too far to the right or left. this maritime device is metaphor for our mission at gob wire, which is to tug the collective american conscience back to sane, navigable waters from the squall of division where we’re now tossed. we aim to rescue truth from propaganda, and wrest clarity from chaos, while ensuring the endeavor avoids sinking under the weight of its goals. the “troubled vessel” can be viewed as america, but also the world, and our individual, interconnected lives. the “tug” represents the ideal of american democracy, because it conveys the constant pressu