Obviously I can't directly see exactly what you're doing, but there's always a way to get to these articles by using the right combination of techniques to appear as a new visitor arriving via a Google search.
Web link from incognito usually seems to do it for most people (it does for me on this occasion, as it always does for me on WSJ), but if that fails perhaps you need to try it from a clean browser instance.
Update: I'm in Australia. It may be different for you depending on what country you're in. Some people get around geographic restrictions by using a VPN or Tor Browser.