"...histories"

I was on a friend's page where she said the history of our country has so much intrigue. She's in South Africa. That, and what a movie this period of our history is going to make. I replied that the thing is our history is many histories going on at the same time. From time to time one or the other comes to the fore. Right now the worst part of us is running things. In time our better Angels will restore order. With that our rational boring history will resume