Or have a button that makes the text left-aligned for easier reading.

I think that very much defeats the point of making it look like a newspaper.

Which might be fine? Since web pages are not newspaper sites one might say its just not the ideal way of presenting information.

	▲	Wowfunhappy 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This entire submission is styled to look like a newspaper. If you just want information that's available at news.ycombinator.com.