[Wowfunhappy]

I agree, but I think it's that small because otherwise, the justified text results in ridiculous spacing.

OP, consider reducing the number of columns from 4 to 3 (at least below very wide viewports), increasing the font size, and then also allowing hyphenation. I think the last will help a lot with the justification problem.

[iamalizard]

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

[Wowfunhappy]

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

[entropie]

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

[Wowfunhappy]

This entire submission is styled to look like a newspaper. If you just want information that's available at news.ycombinator.com.