Perpetuating a known myth.
For everyone's information, John Fleck is the Journal's science writer who publishes without question articles about man-caused global warming.
Here's a link to an article from this past Monday questioning whether the computer models used to simulate the impact of rising greenhouse gases may actually be underestimating the effect of global warming on long duration doubt in the southwest.
Is the IPCC underestimating the risk of southwestern drought?