…Temporarily, so that readers can get news about Hurricane Sandy. Which raises a question: Is it unethical for non-subscribers who’ve eclipsed their monthly NYT reading limits to ingest news items not related to Sandy? I say yes. Thoughts?

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Simon van Zuylen-Wood is a writer for Philadelphia Magazine.