I'd settle for just being able to see their stories without logging in.

I have never had to log in to newyorktimes.com ever

you no longer have to login. if you have old cookies from *.nytimes.com, clear those first and try again.

Agreed. Though when I posted a rant about that on RWW last October, it was met mostly with blank stares.

ref: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/dear_new_york_times_tea...

I really like what the NY Times is up to. They're already one of the poster children for Amazon EC2 and the new silverlight reader is pretty sweet.