To the Editor:

Our island has always been a bubble, free of the worries of the wider world and of our full-time hometowns: no crime, no murder, no terrorism. Current politics has shattered my island peace. I have seen the first political yard sign in 50-plus years and I have read hateful, slanderous political letters in The SandPaper. I would prefer to keep the real world at a distance but feel compelled to respond.

Letter writers (“Countless Lies” and “Another Black Eye” 7/13) accuse Hillary Clinton of lying and worse, yet…

July 20, 2016