Al,
>I checked several pages on the site but didn't see the subscription price listed anywhere.
You have to fill out the name and address information first and then you see the correct subscription price for your location. USA is $129 and Canada is $159. I assume that is US dollars, but I'll have to check with the office to be sure -- subscriptions are not my department. :-)
A paid subscription gets you access to all the archives since 1999, although you can get a 3-month free trial by choosing Bill Me (does not get the archives unless you choose to pay the convenience invoice that accompanies the trial issues).
I agree that we need an easier way to show the subscription prices, and I'll see that it gets cleared up soon. There are major infrastructure changes going on (moving to a different hosting and content management setup) so it might be a little while before we get to this change. Thanks for alerting me.